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Recycling and Compostability Strategy

CURRENT STATE 
Recyclability and compostability of food packaging is a complex topic fraught with misconception. While the Company strives to reduce its footprint, it lacks formalized guardrails around packaging design and composition and the underlying data to communicate the environmental impacts to our consumers/investors. 

GOAL STATE 

The Company will have the data to confidently explain the strategy, tradeoffs and environmental impacts behind the design and composition of their sundries (term used for all one-time use serving utensils -> i.e. jars, silverware, bags) 

DELIVERABLES 

  • Collect data on the end of life disposal of each of our forms of packaging and understand its recyclability/compostability 

  • Quantify environmental impacts of our current and proposed packaging 

  • Communication strategy to explain the rationale behind our packaging decision to consumers 

  • (Bonus) - Rethink our packaging, we are looking for suggestions on how to improve the customer experience while reducing impact 

Resources ( 4)

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The Value of Compostable Packaging

Sustainable Packaging Coalition (SPC)
Book / Report | Free | Jun 01, 2017

While food waste is hardly a new phenomenon, the private and public sectors alike have only recently emphasized food waste as a critical material to manage for both waste... Read More

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Waste Reduction Model (WARM)

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Template / Workbook / Spreadsheet | Free

EPA created the Waste Reduction Model (WARM) to help solid waste planners and organizations track and voluntarily report greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reductions from... Read More

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The Composting Collaborative

The Composting Collaborative
Website | Freemium

The Composting Collaborative unites composters, consumer-facing businesses, and policymakers to share best practices and resources, as well as generate innovative solutions... Read More

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The SPC's Centralized Study on Availability of Recycling

Sustainable Packaging Coalition
Book / Report | Free | Jun 19, 2017

The SPC’s Centralized Study on Availability of RecyclingResults from a study of the national availability of recycling programs have been released today, an industry... Read More

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