According to a January 4, 2020 Arent Fox law firm Perspective “… In September 2018, a consumer filed a putative class action in California against Keurig Green Mountain, Inc. … [alleging] that the company is participating in deceptive business practices by marketing, advertising, and selling single-serve coffee pods that are misleadingly labeled as ‘recyclable’ … the Court granted the plaintiffs’ motion for class certification in September 2020 … The consumer alleged that the Pods are, in fact, not recyclable because (i) less than 60% of municipal recycling facilities (MRF) will accept the Pods for recycling; (ii) the Pods’ size prevents them from being properly sorted by recycling programs; and (iii) there is a lack of end markets to recycle the Pods … Before disseminating any such claims, marketers should ensure that the claims are adequately substantiated and reflect FTC guidance …” – The web link to the Arent Fox Perspective is included in the post on the home page of Plastic Food Packaging Waste News at https://pfpw.news/2021/01/04/recyclable-claims-coffee-pods-class-action-suit-certified/ #PlasticWaste #SingleUsePlastic #CoffeePods
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).
