BestBrightHalfHOUSEtwo.qxp_Layout 1 9/12/18 4:28 PM Page 1 Iceland aims to be the first UK supermarket to become plastic neutral, adapting to paper packag- Mondi, Retailer Partner With To Drive Sustainability Mondi, a global provider of packaging and paper, has teamed up with the UK’s number 1 frozen food retailer to provide renewable, recyclable packaging in a move that further validates Mondi’s approach of using “paper where possible, plastic when useful”. Iceland is replacing its previous packaging with Mondi’s functional barrier paper across a number of its ranges. The first newly packaged product to hit the shelves earlier this month was the retailer’s frozen chicken dippers, which reduces the amount of plastic used per year by 80 percent. The functional barrier paper is made from renew- able resources with Mondi managing the paper pro- duction and coating in-house, providing a fully in- tegrated solution. It is easy for consumers to recycle the paper in existing waste streams and as paper is the most widely recycled material in the world — 74 percent of paper and 83 percent of paper-based packaging in Europe are recycled — the solution ensures that the paper can be recycled at the end of its life, contributing to a circular economy.
ing wherever possible and offsetting its remaining plastic footprint by recovering and recycling envi- ronmental and nature-bound waste plastic. Meyers Achieves 100% Carbon-Free Goal Meyers, a manufacturer and design studio for product packaging, printed labels, and retail dis- plays, has reached its goal of powering 100 percent of its operations using carbon-free electricity sourc- es by the end of 2021. Last year, Meyers kicked off its commitment to dra- matically reducing its carbon emissions by installing a solar array on the roof of the company’s headquar- ters in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Meyers also enrolled in Xcel Energy’s Renewable*Connect program, which provides participants with electricity from wind and solar sources. The R*C program allowed Meyers to expand its local purchasing of renewable energy, which had been ongoing for more than a decade via Xcel Energy’s Windsource program. Meyers also obtained Renewable Energy Credits from a non-prof- it environmental organization, thereby fulfilling its commitment to using only carbon-free electricity.
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