Press Releases
January 27, 2010
NEW RECYCLABLE POULTRY PACKAGING PACKS A POWERFUL CLIMATE PUNCH; SAVES MONEY & RESOURCES
Global Green USA, Mountaire Farms, and Interstate Container announced completion of the conversion of the largest poultry plant in the US to recyclable, wax-alternative boxes, thereby reducing costs and environmental impact, and assisting its customers in cost-effectively meeting their environmental goals. At the International Poultry Expo, Global Green USA applauded Mountaire Farms and Interstate Container for their pioneering roles in reducing the environmental impact of wholesale transfer packaging as this innovation has the potential to influence the design of transfer packaging for all types of poultry, meat, produce and seafood delivered to grocers and restaurants throughout the world. Global Green also called on the food packaging industry to convert to this newly achievable green standard. . Read more >
September 22, 2009
GLOBAL GREEN USA ANNOUNCES CONVERSION OF LARGEST POULTRY PLANT IN US TO RECYCLABLE AND COMPOSTABLE BOXES,
REDUCING GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
Global USA’s Coalition for Resource Recovery announced a key milestone today in its goal of achieving 100% recyclable wholesale packaging through Hunt’s Point Distribution Center, the largest food distribution center in the world. Mountaire, the sixth largest poultry company, and Interstate Container, in partnership with Global Green, commenced the conversion of Mountaire’s New York City business and its Lumberbridge, NC facility - the largest poultry processing plant in the U.S. - to FBA-certified recyclable and compostable boxes supplied by Interstate Container. Read more >
September 10, 2009
Global Green USA’s Coalition for Resource Recovery Launches
Foodservice Recycling Pilot at Seven Starbucks Stores in Manhattan
Global Green USA’s Coalition for Resource Recovery today announced the launch of its recycling program at seven Starbucks stores in Manhattan. The pilot will test the collection and recycling of coffee cups when combined with old corrugated cardboard (OCC), the most extensively recycled material in the United States. The objective of this program is to develop a cost effective mechanism to close the loop on paper packaging, reducing greenhouse gases and assisting municipalities in reaching their solid waste diversion goals. Read more >
July 8, 2009
Major Food Chains and Packaging Companies Initiate Innovative Recycling Campaign in NYC — Starbucks Leads Coalition by Announcing a 15 Store Pilot Test in Manhattan
Global Green’s Coalition for Resource Recovery, convened 80 participants for a “value chain caucus” aimed at diverting prepared food packaging from the nation’s landfills. Quick Service Restaurants (QSRs) including Burger King and McDonald’s provider, Havi Global Solutions, and coffee purveyors Starbucks and Canada’s Tim Horton’s joined with paper products suppliers MeadWestvaco, International Paper, Durobag, Interstate Container, Solo Cup, Dopaco, Huhtamaki, GA Pacific, and Pactiv to discuss how to make their cups, cartons, bags, and boxes readily recyclable. .Read more >
May 12, 2009
Recycling Fiber-Based Hot Cups with OCC—Initial Bench Top Research Shows Promising Results
Western Michigan University’s Coating and Recycling Pilot Plant performed initial bench top research on two brands of hot cups mimicking the Fibre Box Association’s protocol for treated corrugated. One brand passed repulpability standards while the other failed. Through WMU’s experience, it appears that cups could be designed for repulpability that could be integrated within corrugated cardboard or mixed waste paper streams. Read more >
March 1, 2009
Largest Recyclable Wholesale Transfer Packaging Initiative in U.S. to Commence at World’s Largest Food Distribution Center — Interstate Container and Mountaire Pioneer Launch Test
Global Green USA announced today its plan to substitute all non-recyclable transfer packaging distributed from Hunt’s Point Distribution Center, the largest food distribution center in the world, with recyclable packaging. If successful, the program would divert 30,000 tons/yr of corrugated from the landfill and would reduce greenhouse gases by 103,000mtCO2e/yr, equivalent to taking 19,000 cars off the road, and would set the standard for greening transfer packaging throughout the world. Read more >
October 28, 2008
Global Green USA Announces Founding Members of NYC Coalition for Resource Recovery to Save Big Apple Money and Reduce CO2 emissions by Zeroing out Waste
Global Green USA recently announced its innovative Coalition for Resource Recovery to dramatically reduce the waste stream and associated greenhouse gas emissions from transporting and disposing of this food packaging waste in New York City. Twenty-seven leading corporations and organizations joined together at the new organization’s kick-off meeting. Read more > |
