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SUSTAINABILITY
 Earthcycle packaging is Forest Stewardship Council-certified, home-compostable and widely recyclable.
supposed to support that journey, and
I think that's where sustainability is
really enforced. Not where it begins,
but where it's enforced.
" Sustainability really is, in Fox
Packaging's point of view, what is best
for the products, what increases the
chance of that product being selected
and eaten - because food waste is just
as impactful on sustainable actions as
almost anything else. "
Sustainability factors into everything
from research and development
to
ongoing automation at Fox. Baggers that
can produce up to 30 bags per minute
increase output and reduce labor and
energy use, but advances can come at
costs, such as more expensive alternative
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" Sustainability is really
just making a mindful and
responsible choice that
fits what your operation's
mission is. "
- VICTORIA LOPEZ, MARKETING AND BRAND MANAGER,
FOX PACKAGING AND FOX SOLUTIONS
materials, that have to be absorbed,
Lopez said.
" We have to be very transparent, and
I think that's the other component of
sustainability, is where are we accurately,
realistically, and where could we be
feasibly? " she shared. " Where can we
be in a year? What are the incremental
improvements that we can make without
impacting the packing houses? ...
Sustainability is really just making a
mindful and responsible choice that fits
what your operation's mission is. "
Pushing the boundaries
Tychon Packaging's mission is to
achieve sustainability through greater
reusability.
" We understood that there's a need
to have fully recyclable items that are
sustainable and reusable, " Kevin Kantati,
president and CEO for Tychon Packaging,
said. " I think where the market needs
to trend to is reusing things - not just

July/August 2023

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of July/August 2023

Table of Contents
Editor's Letter
Million-dollar motive
Defining sustainability
Handling with care
Keeping control
Product Focus section
Center for Produce Safety: The path to understanding pathogens
PMMI: Packaging the future
The Pulse
Upcoming events
Advertiser Index
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July/August 2023 - Table of Contents
July/August 2023 - Editor's Letter
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July/August 2023 - Million-dollar motive
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July/August 2023 - Defining sustainability
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July/August 2023 - Handling with care
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July/August 2023 - Keeping control
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July/August 2023 - Product Focus section
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July/August 2023 - Center for Produce Safety: The path to understanding pathogens
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July/August 2023 - PMMI: Packaging the future
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July/August 2023 - The Pulse
July/August 2023 - Advertiser Index
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