Peterson Farms offers innovative recycling program

Peterson Farms offers innovative recycling program

Peterson Farms announced a new partnership with international recycling leader TerraCycle to enable school communities — teachers, parents, and students alike — to recycle Peterson Farms Treats applesauce pouches. Most flexible plastic food pouches are considered hard to recycle because they are made of multiple layers of different materials. The Peterson Farms Treats Applesauce Pouch Free Recycling Program offers schools and households a convenient recycling solution for the pouches, which are not typically accepted through curbside recycling services.

“Peterson Farms Treats offers premium applesauce products to schools across the USA,” said Sarah Schlukebir, chief sales and marketing officer of Peterson Farms. “Through this partnership with TerraCycle, Peterson Farms continues to grow by sticking to its founding commitments to sustainable business practices and the reduction of environmental impacts.”

Participation is easy: sign up on TerraCycle’s Peterson Farms Treats Applesauce Pouch Free Recycling Program page and mail in the empty flexible plastic applesauce packaging using the prepaid shipping label from anywhere in the contiguous United States. Once collected, the pouches are cleaned and separated by material type. The materials are recycled into raw formats that manufacturers use to make new products.

“The benefits of Peterson Farms’ recycling program are two-fold,” said Tom Szaky, founder and CEO of TerraCycle. “The company isn’t simply offering a sustainable solution to keep applesauce pouches out of landfills. Peterson Farms is creating an opportunity for students to learn about the value in recycling packaging from snacks they consume every day at school.”

Schools and households can also earn recycling rewards for every shipment sent in through TerraCycle. Rewards can be redeemed in the form of a donation to a school or charity of their choice.

Peterson Farms is committed to minimizing the impact of its activities on the environment through resource management, supporting regulatory compliance, and other policies concerning environmental issues. The company achieved a 30 percent reduction in water usage on campus from 2018 to 2022. The company continues to increase the production capacity of existing processing lines and build new processing lines while reducing electricity consumption by transitioning to newer technologies and focused initiatives. Peterson Farms also seeks to prioritize its environmental aspects by improving procedures for monitoring and measuring to exceed compliance obligations and customer expectations.

The recycling program is open to any interested school, individual or community organization, For more information, visit www.terracycle.com.

Earl Peterson, a fourth-generation fruit grower, along with his wife Linda, purchased their first farm in 1972, and continued to acquire acreage in Oceana County throughout the years. Today, Peterson Farms, located in the Shelby area, is a marketing leader in producing and selling quality fruit products, including apples, blueberries, sweet cherries and tart cherries.

TerraCycle is an international leader in innovative sustainability solutions, creating and operating first-of-their-kind platforms in recycling, recycled materials, and reuse.

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