US-based Fresh-cut produce company Ready Pac Foods has announced that its Bowl Salads line is on track to use more than 56,000,000 recycled plastic beverage bottles this year, improving the sustainability of the product packaging.
In 2012, the company launched Ready Pac Bistro Organic bowl salads, new skus for the conventional line, and new private label bowl salads.
The Ready Pac bowl salad package, including the insert that separates protein ingredients and condiments from the salad greens, contains 60% post-consumer recycled content. That works out to slightly more than one recycled 500 mL beverage bottle per package, said the company.
The salad bowls and inserts are produced in plants powered by 50% solar energy and each salad package saves about 1,000 BTUs or 0.30 KWh of electric power. This energy savings is enough to run a traditional 100 watt light bulb for about three hours, or an energy-saving 26 watt/ 1300 lumen bulb for 26 hours.
