Alliance
for Sustainable Packaging for Foods
Key Principles
- Commit to the long-term goal of significant reduction of single use food packaging waste
- Honor the trust of the consumers and recognize the responsibility to provide highly nutritious, conventional and organic, product that is also safe from pathogens and contaminants
- While the coalition takes a long view that is chemistry- and technology-agnostic, recognize that plastic primary or direct-contact packaging is currently an effective way for reducing water loss and maintain freshness of the product and preventing shocks
- Support unambiguous and streamlined identification of packaging that will facilitate its use, reuse, recycling and composting
- Ensure access to compostable plastic or compostable composite, recycled plastic packaging that is appropriately identified as to prevent the contamination of the recycling stream
- Consider holistic life-cycle assessment tools to gauge the overall environmental impacts of changes in packaging regulations
Questions?
Dr. Max Teplitski
Chief Science Officer
International Fresh Produce Association
