Ready Pac honored with Walmart's Excellence in Sustainability Award
Ready Pac honored with Walmart's Excellence in Sustainability Award
In recognition of Ready Pac’s progressive efforts to actively reduce its carbon footprint with sustainable initiatives throughout its business, Walmart presented Ready Pac Foods Inc. with the prestigious Excellence in Sustainability Award. Chet Rutledge, director of private brand packaging at Walmart, honored Ready Pac during this year’s eighth Annual Walmart & Sam’s Club Sustainable Packaging Exposition held in Bentonville, AR.
The award recognized both Ready Pac and Clear Lam for packaging innovations developed for the Peel & Reseal Tray used for their mixed greens clamshell containers. The trays are a consumer and environmentally friendly development that sets a new standard for salad packaging. It’s easy to open and keeps lettuce fresh while using one-third less plastic — allowing for an extra layer on each pallet during transport.
“The Peel-Reseal project is a great example of the collaborative work with Ready Pac and their packaging supplier, Clear Lam,” Rutledge said. “Not only does this packaging system use less material, it is more efficient throughout the supply chain. This is a project that I will use as a model for future projects.”
More information about Ready Pac’s involvement in sustainable initiatives is available at http://www.readypac.com/our-company/sustainability/.