{"id":1928,"date":"2024-08-28T08:50:37","date_gmt":"2024-08-28T12:50:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/?p=1928"},"modified":"2024-08-28T08:50:37","modified_gmt":"2024-08-28T12:50:37","slug":"ice-cream-brand-blue-bunny-switches-to-all-plastic-packaging-for-sustainability-no-really","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/?p=1928","title":{"rendered":"Ice Cream Brand Blue Bunny Switches To All-Plastic Packaging For Sustainability (No, Really)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>If you love ice cream, you\u2019re probably as familiar with the paper-based tubs in which the sweet treat comes packaged. However, you may not know that those paper tubs contain some plastic, and it\u2019s not a given that your local Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) will recycle the tubs.<\/p>\n<p>The paper containers for ice cream use plastic to create a durable barrier that protects the product and keeps the tubs from turning into a sticky amalgamation of melted dessert and paper pulp. The composition of mixed materials makes recycling more complicated.<\/p>\n<p>Ambiguity over the recyclability of paper-based tubs creates a conundrum for ice cream brands. Do they choose the paper-based option, knowing it\u2019s not universally accepted, or do they go full plastic but pick one widely accepted by curbside services and processed by MRFs?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/thedieline.com\/ice-cream-brand-blue-bunny-switches-to-all-plastic-packaging-for-sustainability-no-really\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you love ice cream, you\u2019re probably as familiar with the paper-based tubs in which the sweet treat comes packaged. However, you may not know that those paper tubs contain some plastic, and it\u2019s not a given that your local Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) will recycle the tubs. The paper containers for ice cream use [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":1929,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[165],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1928","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-packaging-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1928","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1928"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1928\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1929"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1928"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}