Sustainability: A key opportunity for US food packaging firms

Environmental sustainability offers a key opportunity for the United States food packaging sector, a US executive told delegates at a seminar at the Interpack trade event in Dusseldorf, Germany. "Green packaging is a huge opportunity for food producers - particularly in the snack and bakery categories," Eva Peters, director of Packaging Development at Pepperidge Farm told the seminar. Speaking to FoodProductionDaily after the meeting, Peters said: "Sustainability is here to stay. I have been in the industry for 30 years, I've seen pockets of interest in sustainability but never to this level." As pricing