Finding recycling options for food and beverage packaging made from plastic and aluminum laminates – such as pouches for drinks or pet food and aseptic drink cartons – has always been a challenge. If you don’t live in one of the handful of…<… Continue reading →
Nearly 70 percent of litter in the San Francisco Bay Area comes from food and beverage packaging – and much of that litter originated at fast food restaurants – according to a new report released by Clean Water Action (CWA). Citing the statistic that 80 percent of marine pollution comes from the land, the environmental [...] Continue reading →
Nearly 70 percent of litter in the San Francisco Bay Area comes from food and beverage packaging – and much of that litter originated at fast food restaurants – according to a new report released by Clean Water Action (CWA). Citing the statistic that 80 percent of marine pollution comes from the land, the environmental [...] Continue reading →
Sparks. Tilt. Joose. Four Loko. Liquid Charge. Torque. These drinks may sound fun, but they’ve all been discontinued. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration called the caffeine added to these alcoholic beverages an “unsafe food additive” and issued letters of warning to four manufacturers in November. In response, manufacturers pulled their beverages from shelves to [...] Continue reading →
Recyclable and recycled content are the most important environmental attributes consumers look for in beverage packaging, and many have changed what types of packaging they buy based on environmental impacts, says a survey. Continue reading →