Product Design

New guidelines developed for packaging suppliers and producers on both quality issues and opportunities to minimize or eliminate chemicals or concern in food packaging.

Resources about eco-friendly product design considerations.

Because food waste is a vast and complex issue, we will break up the supply chain in 7 sectors and provide detailed, industry-specific solutions to reduce food waste in our following documents. Here are the product design & packaging solutions for food waste.

Unfortunately, the majority of a product’s plastic or paper packaging is used only once and is not recycled properly, leading to one of the greatest environmental issues we face today: plastic pollution.

Plastics are a product of human innovation as they are lightweight, durable, decay resistant, inexpensive and moldable. Unfortunately, this innovation comes at a price for the environment.

We recognize the challenges of the ever-changing dynamics surrounding product stewardship, and we’ve shared the insights that stem from our 20 plus years of experience in battery stewardship.

A case study about how Procter & Gamble committed to reduce emissions from operations 30% by 2020 from a 2010 base-year.

An online database of 100+ industry commitments aimed at improving packaging sustainability.

EDF's Theresa Eberhardt raises awareness of the plastic pollution problem and credits the companies that are actively doing something about it.

Learn how McDonalds and EDF worked together to save ~$6 million a year and reduced the company's solid waste and food packaging disposal through innovative solutions.

Commit to eliminate plastic pollution at its source.

This playbook provides an overview of sustainable packaging best practices for suppliers interested in improving and innovating packaging.