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Trader Joe’s
Last Update: Jan 6th, 2021
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Recycled Content
Bio-based / Renewable Materials
Material Efficiency
Design For Recovery
Increasing Recycling
Statement Of Support
This sustainability framework is based on the following principles:
1. Reducing and removing packaging
2. Sourcing renewable and recycled packaging materials
3. Choosing packaging that can be realistically recycled
4. Avoiding the use of harmful substances in packaging
5. Providing information to customers that increases understanding of how best to recycle or dispose of packaging
Combined
These goals or statements have overlap among more than one category
Eliminate Unfavorable Materials
Statement Of Support
We identified for our vendors the substances that we want to eliminate and/or avoid in our packaging, including: Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS); Bisphenol A (BPA) & Bisphenol S (BPS); Nonylphenol Ethoxylates (NPEs); Polystyrene (PS); Styrene; Phthalates.