ConAgra Uses Renewable Shrink Film
ConAgra Foods announces that it is utilizing a new shrink film that contains more than 50 percent post-industrial recycled material, reducing landfill waste, greenhouse gases and energy consumption. The new technology is a recycled Polylactic Acid (PLA). The new shrink film will be used for tamper evident seals on ConAgra Foods' table spreads -- Fleischmann's, Blue Bonnet and Parkay -- and for printed shrink labels for multi-packs of the company's Reddi-Wip whipped topping and PAM cooking spray.
"This conversion to a new shrink material is one of many steps ConAgra Foods is taking in our continued commitment to innovation and sustainable business," says Gail Tavill, vice president of Sustainability at ConAgra Foods. "We're positively impacting the environment, reducing waste and eliminating the need for more than 400,000 pounds of petroleum-based material by replacing it with a material made from a renewable -resource -- corn."
The new technology was developed in partnership with Plastic Suppliers, Bluepack, and NatureWorks LLC. The company's conversion to the new material will divert more than 350,000 pounds of non-renewable Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) and more than 50,000 pounds of Polyethylene Terephthalate Glycol (PETG) from the company's raw material stream annually.
"This conversion to a new shrink material is one of many steps ConAgra Foods is taking in our continued commitment to innovation and sustainable business," says Gail Tavill, vice president of Sustainability at ConAgra Foods. "We're positively impacting the environment, reducing waste and eliminating the need for more than 400,000 pounds of petroleum-based material by replacing it with a material made from a renewable -resource -- corn."
The new technology was developed in partnership with Plastic Suppliers, Bluepack, and NatureWorks LLC. The company's conversion to the new material will divert more than 350,000 pounds of non-renewable Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) and more than 50,000 pounds of Polyethylene Terephthalate Glycol (PETG) from the company's raw material stream annually.