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We dug into the vaults for a terrific dialog concerning the potential for sustainable alternate options to meals packaging, a few of which was banned in five states on January 1, 2025. Tune in to listen to Wouter van Tol, head of sustainability at packaging maker DS Smith, who was working with new seaweed-based supplies to ship extra alternate options to right now’s steadily unrecyclable meals packaging. The London-based firm’s North American unit not too long ago introduced an aggressive initiative to undertake seaweed-based fiber in its merchandise. We mentioned why it’s nonetheless onerous to recycle even widespread types of fiber packaging, just like the cardboard containers used for e-commerce order deliveries (not sufficient infrastructure funding) and the way seaweed-based alternate options may exchange food packaging from a cereal field to the trays used for uncooked meat.
Wouter additionally discusses DS Smith’s progress in reducing greenhouse fuel emissions, use of recycled supplies, and the problem of getting its workers to undertake sustainable considering of their every day decision-making. The many conflicting approaches to native recycling around the globe have prevented society from reaching the excessive recycling charges mandatory for the circular economy to blossom, so DS Smith is working to get 5 million younger folks to start out training inexperienced, round behaviors. You can observe their progress at www.dssmith.com.
Editor’s Note: This episode initially aired on January 10, 2022.
