“In the 1980s, Monterey Mushrooms revolutionized the retail industry by introducing pre-packaged mushrooms,” said Bruce Knobeloch, vice president of product development and marketing. “Since then, the mushroom industry has been repurposing colored rPET, such as opaque blue, opaque green, and black rPET plastics, to give them a new life. We believe using clear rPET is wasteful and a regressive step for our industry.”
The company considers its tills with the NIR sortable colorant as a black alternative color. The hue will vary between blue, green, purple and black as the recycled base material used to manufacture the tills will change.
“By choosing black alternative rPET with NIR sortable colorant, we're not just packaging mushrooms; we're packaging a greener future,” said Knobeloch.
You can learn more by watching the Monterey Mushrooms video, “A Greener Future, with NIR Sortable Colorant Recycled PET.”