Stonyfield Farm Converts To Plant-based Packaging

摘要

Stonyfield Farm has converted from using petroleum-based plastics to a plant-based material to form its multipack yogurt cups. It had been using polystyrene PS #6 plastic, which is derived from petroleum. The change, announced Oct. 13, affects the 200 million cups produced annually by the Londonderry, N.H.-based dairy processor. Neither the larger containers for yogurt nor the packaging used for the company's other dairy products are affected by the change. Stonyfield is using a plastic made of poly-lactic acid (PLA) extracted from corn. The bottom of each cup is stamped "This cup is made from plants." Stonyfield converted to PLA earlier this year.