On August 4, 2020 Kroger https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/kroger-advances-zero-waste-vision-with-new-simple-truth-recycling-program-301105906.html “… 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 … without leaving home. Developed in partnership with … recycling leader TerraCycle, Kroger’s new platform enables customers to recycle a wide range of flexible packaging not currently accepted in curbside recycling programs, including produce bags, bread bags and plastic overwrap from household items like tissues and bottled water …” – Customers will collect “… Simple Truth and Simple Truth Organic flexible plastic packaging … [and] Ship the packaging to TerraCycle using a free, prepaid shipping label … Earn points for every pound of eligible packaging sent … Redeem points as donations to charitable organizations …” #Recycling #PlasticWaste #PlasticPackaging #FoodPackaging #Kroger #TerraCycle #SingleUsePlastic
Animal Digestible Food Packaging Initiative
Our reason-for-being/goal/purpose/objective/intent is to convince/inspire/persuade/encourage the food processing industry to establish and fund a public private partnership for the discovery of new food packaging materials that would be digestible by animals (farm animals as well as ubiquitous microbes).
