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Produce industry headlines: March 31, 2026
Links today include new Trader Joe's stores, SpartanNash upgrades, a plastic in produce survey, crop updates, and more.
CPMA urges government collaboration after court ruling against plastic packaging
The ruling raises the risk that the government may return to the regulatory intentions it set out in 2023 which...
UN accreditation allows IFPA to address plastic packaging concerns
IFPA has recently received accreditation status for the UNEP, which has plastics as among one of its many environmental concerns.
Canadian study highlights the role of produce packaging
August 22, 2024 (Ottawa, ON) – A study commissioned by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) and Environment and Climate Change...
Canadian government launches plastic registry
The International Fresh Produce Association BB #:378962 released this member alert May 6, 2024: The Government of Canada has announced...
Progress in the European, Canadian packaging ban battles
European and Canadian governments have targeted food packaging, particularly plastic, as a threat to climate change, and plan to phase...
Emerald Packaging, D’Arrigo California launch post-consumer recycled bag
UNION CITY, Calif., Dec. 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Producing sustainable packaging is an environmental necessity today. Emerald Packaging, Inc. the leading flexible packaging...
New Minnesota plastics-recycling plant offers expanded food, film capabilities
MINNEAPOLIS–SAINT PAUL, Minn., Dec. 11, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — A state-of-the-art facility designed to recycle flexible film, a widely used...
CPMA and WGA: Short-sighted plastics ban would cause food shortages and increase prices
Canadian consumers are already besieged by high food prices. Now the government is pushing to implement a plastics ban without...
Session explores the reality of packaging in produce
ANAHEIM—A discussion of the intricacies of packaging in the fresh produce is a lot to cover in 30 minutes. At...
Sprouts Farmers Market to eliminate single use plastic bags by end of this year
PHOENIX, March 28, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Sprouts Farmers Market BB #:168563, one of the largest and fastest growing specialty...
WM, Dow roll out first residential plastic film recycling program
HOUSTON and MIDLAND, Mich. , Nov. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Today, WM and Dow announced the launch of a bold...
Packaging company explores plastic alternatives
ATLANTA–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Sustainable packaging company DS Smith today announced that it has designed out over 313 million pieces of problem plastics...
Plastic Bank’s founder to keynote OPS 2022
(MONTEREY, CA — April 25, 2022) Every year, more than eight million tons of plastic waste escapes into the world’s...
Waste and wrapping cucumbers
A new study by Wrap, a British organization promoting sustainability, has released a study contending that wrapping certain fresh produce...
Costco moves away from plastic packaging in produce
As part of its ongoing sustainability efforts in merchandising, Costco Wholesale BB #:150902, Issaquah, WA, is moving away from plastic...
Berry companies introduce Innovation Challenge to address plastic waste
Watsonville, Calif. – Oct. 5, 2021 – Fresh berry leader Driscoll’s BB #:116044 has partnered with Think Beyond Plastic to...
European packaging restriction will have consequences
North American produce companies that export to Europe face new regulations on packaging. The European Union updated its food packaging...
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