How Planters Just Made Its Packaging Way More Sustainable
Source: https://www.hormelfoods.com/newsroom/news/how-planters-just-made-its-packaging-way-more-sustainable/
In a press release, Planters gave word of its new peanut-shaped sustainable packaging, which uses 8% less plastic than its dry-roasted nuts’ standard 16-ounce bottles. Collectively, the new packaging, which is now on shelves nationwide, will save over 200 tons of plastic this year, according to the release. The move is part of Hormel Foods’ “20 By 30 Challenge,” which aims to reduce the negative environmental impact of its brands’ packaging, nonrenewable energy use, greenhouse gas emissions, water use, and solid waste use (via Hormel). According to press release, the sustainability initiatives by Hormel’s packaging team saved “more than 727,000 pounds” of waste last year. In addition to the Planters packaging rollout, the nut brand has teamed up with Applegate subsidiary Applegate Naturals to launch the Do Good Dog hot dog, “made with beef raised on verified regenerative U.S. grasslands,” per a statement from Hormel CEO Jim Snee. Regenerative grasslands, or agriculture, aims to reverse the impact of meat production on the climate with policies around rebuilding soil biodiversity and organic matter