Greening Fast Food Packaging

Dogwood Alliance’s report “Greening Fast Food Packaging: A Roadmap to Best Practices,” outlines eight key attributes of environmentally friendly fast food packaging, and provides guidance on how to assess environmental impacts in the supply chain. The report highlights leaders in the fast food industry. It also includes a survey to help assess a company’s current packaging.

1. Embrace Corporate Leadership on Sustainability
2. Use Full Life Cycle and Supply Chain Approach
3. Reduce Overall Packaging and Increase Efficiency
4. Increase the Use of Recycled Fiber
5. Eliminate Paper Originating from Controversial Forestry Practices
6. Increase In-Store Recycling and Recovery
7. Eliminate Toxic Inks, Coatings and Labels
8. Reduce Carbon Footprint

The full report is available at DogwoodAlliance