Recycling

Berry Growers Introduce Innovation Challenge to Solve for Agricultural Plastic Waste

October 6, 2021 Driscoll’s

Driscoll’s has partnered with Think Beyond Plastic to launch an inaugural Agricultural Plastics Innovation Challenge, which aims to stimulate new recycling processes and the development of alternatives to conventionally used field plastics. Innovators, entrepreneurs, research institutes, start-ups and institutions are encouraged to submit applications for innovative solutions, and winners will have the opportunity to pilot their innovations in a commercial environment. …

Don’t Let This Love Go to Waste. Give New Life to Taco Bell Hot Sauce Packets Via TerraCycle

September 10, 2021 Taco Bell Corp.

Taco Bell is launching a nationwide pilot program with TerraCycle® to divert as many used sauce packets as possible away from landfills and give them new life, following an initial trial earlier this year. This partnership is the beginning and part of a potential industry-wide solution for recycling sauce packets and other single-use food packaging. …

G&R Farms Continues Its Commitment to Sustainability

July 21, 2021 G&R Farms

G&R Farms is proud to announce their continued commitment to sustainability with their participation in the How2Recycle program. …

Canada’s Biggest Retailers and Consumer Packaged Goods Brands Support “Golden Design Rules” to Reduce Plastic Waste

December 15, 2020 Food Health & Consumer Products of Canada

More than twenty Canadian retail and consumer packaged goods companies, representing a substantial proportion of the nation’s plastic packaging, are among the first to support new global “Golden Design Rules” to improve plastics recycling and reduce landfill and pollution. …

Kroger Advances Zero-Waste Vision with New Simple Truth Recycling Program

August 7, 2020 Kroger

The Kroger Co. announced the launch of its Simple Truth® Recycling Program, offering customers a free and simple way to recycle the flexible packaging of more than 300 products from Simple Truth, America’s largest natural and organic brand, with annual sales exceeding $ 2.5 billion in 2019. …