GreenDustries’ PleatPak, a smart, functional, sustainable and innovative packaging, invented and developed by Akiva Buchberg was awarded the prestigious ‘Best in Show’ Award in the International Restaurant & Foodservice Show in New York on March 3, 2013. The PleatPak is being used in iconic places, including Yankee Stadium, Madison Square Garden at Simply Chicken by Chef Jean Georges and at the Daily Burger by Drew Nieporent. You can also find the PleatPak at regional trendy chains throughout North America, including; Hero Certified Burger, Energy Kitchen, Bumpers Drive-In, as well as in universities, food trucks, gourmet burger joints and more... Read more [...]

Turn Waste into Energy? The Recycling Revolution dedicate to help prevent global warming. This is an everyday changes you can make that WILL make a difference in the future of life on our planet. Recycling help prevent global warming. Recycling can make and WILL make a difference in the future of life on our planet. At GreenDustries, environmental stewardship and establishing an environmental leadership position by leading throughout example is at the core of our mission. All our packaging products are made with 100% recycled paper or with organic 100% biodegradable/ compostable clear transparent films and are the champions of source reduction. All the raw materials used in GreenDustries packaging have food contact certifications. GreenDustries leads in the fundamental environmental rules known as the three R'S: Reduce, Recycle, Reuse. Read more [...]

GreenDustries is thrilled with the new policy at Georgia-Pacific that increases protection for millions of acres of the South’s natural hardwood forests. It lets us know that others in industry, like us, believe we must rein in the pillaging of forests to save tomorrow’s forests today – and it is a giant leap in the battle toward understanding of the important role forests play in our planet’s environment.

What the new policy means is that Georgia-Pacific will not purchase trees from Endangered Forests and Special Areas, or from new pine plantations established at the expense of natural hardwood forests. The policy statement was developed in consultation with environmental groups Dogwood Alliance, the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), and Rainforest Action Network.

While GP’s new forest policy applies to all of its operations, as a first step in implementing its commitment on Endangered Forests and Special Areas, GP worked with the environmental groups and scientists to identify 11 Endangered Forests and Special Areas totaling 600,000 acres in the Mid-Atlantic Coastal Eco-Region, as well as 90 million acres of natural hardwood forests in the Southern region. Endangered Forests and Special Areas in other regions are to be mapped in a similar process, over the coming years.

According to the Dogwood Alliance website: “No other U.S. company has demonstrated this level of initiative in mapping unique forests across such a broad region,” said Debbie Hammel, NRDC Senior Resource Specialist... Read more [...]

According to the Foodservice Packaging Institute one of the bigger trends affecting the food service industry is “green” packaging. Read more [...]