Sambrailo Packaging Partners With CCOF To Benefit Future Organic Farmers Grant

Watsonville, CA – As a gesture of solidarity, Sambrailo Packaging has partnered with CCOF (California Certified Organic Farmers) and will donate a portion of the sales generated through the CCOF web store of their recently-launched Go Greener!™ clamshells back to CCOF in support of the Future Organic Farmer Grant Fund. This fund aids kindergarten through eighth grade, high school, and vocational and higher education students in their journey to become organic farmers. The promotion on the CCOF web store will run through December 31, 2014.

Go Greener!™ clamshells are made with 100% post-consumer recycled PET from clear and green beverage bottles and the result is a green translucent color that will capture the attention of organic consumers on the retail shelf.

When presented with Go Greener!™ clamshells for their organic certified growers, CCOF was responsive because of Sambrailo Packaging’s unique recycling and reuse of green plastic flake from green beverage bottles, which would otherwise go into landfills or be shipped overseas for use in other hard plastic goods. In the past there has not been a reuse for these green beverage bottles in the U.S.

“More than 33 million pounds of green plastic could be reused in one year,” states Sara Mailhot, Product Development Manager for Sambrailo Packaging. “This statistic is hypothetically based on all CCOF-certified organic strawberry growers in the U.S. and Mexico using the Go Greener! 1 lb. clamshells for one year, so the real potential could far exceed this number as sales grow and the product line increases.”  

Go Greener!™ clamshells are currently available in 1 lb., 1 dry pint, and 6 oz. sizes, which are ideal for berries or tomatoes. If you are an organic grower and would like to purchase Go Greener!™ clamshells to help support CCOF’s mission to grow the next generation of organic farmers,  visit http://store.ccof.org/products/clamshells. If you have questions about the Go Greener!™ clamshells, email Sara Mailhot at s.mailhot@sambrailo.com.

Sambrailo Packaging, founded in 1923, has been a leader in providing packaging solutions to the agriculture and floral industries for over 90 years. From packaging design and development, through manufacturing, procurement, forecasting, and inventory management, to packaging deployment, assembly and issuance to growers, Sambrailo Packaging partners with customers to provide complete packaging solutions and resource management services.

CCOF, a nonprofit organization, was founded in 1973 and is one of the nation’s oldest and largest third-party organic certifying agencies and trade associations in North America.  Please visit www.ccof.org for more information about the Future Organic Farmers Grant.

Source: Sambrailo Packaging