Can we get what we need from sustainable packaging?
Mick Jagger told us in song that we can’t always get what we want. But milk jugs and milk crates give us what want and need from a sustainability point of view.
Consumers want sustainable food packaging. Food manufacturers want to use sustainable packaging. Many packaging suppliers are striving to meet marketplace demands. But we live in an imperfect world and we can’t always get what we want. That said improvements are being made and have been made over the years.
A discussion about sustainable packaging would not be complete without an exploration of two very sustainable packaging materials: milk jugs and milk crates.