Eco-packaging specialist Vegware says it has received Compost Manufacturing Alliance (CMA) approval on a wide range of its plant-based compostable foodservice packaging.
The AUS standard provides official recognition and acceptance of the Vegware products as compostable by both CMA-I facilities and Cedar Grove’s covered in-vessel aerated static pile system. It also allows the company to use the CMA “Composter Approved” logo.
Field testing results from CMA, and its affiliated partner Cedar Grove in Washington state, show that products manufactured by Vegware are acceptable in real world operations and processes.
As composting collections and processing grows at the global level, ensuring foodservice packaging works as feedstock in modern large-scale composting facilities is increasingly important. This way, operations at each step of organics recycling runs smoothly, and the result is quality compost created for use in agriculture, horticulture, storm water management and landscaping.
Joe Frankel, CEO and founder, Vegware, says: “Composting using Vegware with food waste has a multitude of benefits for the environment. It uses post-consumer waste – diverting it from landfill, creates a product for agriculture, returns nutrients to soil and improves soil structure, which research shows to be essential to fight climate change.”
Close to 100 Vegware products are now CMA approved.
Photo: Compostable food packaging and utensils from Vegware