Green innovation takes root with meal-kit companies

摘要

One market that seems to have been particularly creative in finding new eco-friendly protective packaging solutions is the meal-kit delivery market, which is expected to grow to $10 billion by 2020, according to a study from Technomic. Among the first cook-at-home delivery services. New York City-based Plated switched from a corrugated shipper, an insulated plastic liner, and frozen gel packs for its meal-kit ingredients to a shipper made from 100% recycled fiber and recycled jute sacks, which replace the liner, in 2015.