Earthcycle unveils sustainable packaging solution

Earthcycle offers sustainable packaging for fresh food, food service and garden products as well as providing custom solutions for clients.

02/11/05 Earthcycle's brand new line of biodegradable and compostable palm fiber packaging will be unveiled at the PMA Fresh Summit 2005, November 4 - 8 at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta. These backyard compostable produce trays will not only be on view at the Earthcycle booth but will also be showcased at The Oppenheimer Group booth, filled with fabulous produce. Oppenheimer is one of North America's top fresh produce companies, marketing over 100 varieties from more than 25 countries.

Oppenheimer plans to offer cluster and beefsteak tomatoes, peppers, kiwifruit, and possibly mangoes and pears in Earthcycle packaging in the coming months.

Earthcycle packaging comes from the earth and, when it's done its job, returns to earth. The sustainable solution is made from a renewable resource--palm fiber. This agricultural biomass is waste, left behind when the palm fruit is harvested throughout the year for oil. This husk used to be incinerated or landfilled. Now it is turned into Earthcycle Packaging, reducing not only the waste stream but the negative impacts of the burning and landfilling. When Earthcycle Packaging has served its purpose, it naturally biodegrades back to earth. Just pitch it in the compost! In 90 days - with the minimal inputs of air, moisture and time - it's ready to make a healthy contribution to the soil. It's simple. It's natural. It's Down to Earth.

If the 9.3 billion units of rigid pre-pack produce sold annually in the United States were packed in Earthcycle, more than 410 million pounds of waste could be diverted from landfill to compost!

Earthcycle offers sustainable packaging for fresh food, food service and garden products as well as providing custom solutions for clients.

Vancouver-based Earthcycle Packaging is a privately held company, established by experienced entrepreneur Shannon Boase. Ms. Boase discovered palm fiber packaging while managing a technology commercialization fund for the Malaysian government. She has held senior positions in a number of start-up technology-based companies in Asia and North America but thought it was time to create her own. Shannon has assembled a team of like-minded individuals to make Earthcycle the sustainable packaging choice for responsible organizations.

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