Costco Flyer - 08/01-08/31/2021 (Page 53)

milk the packaging challenge our goals are to create smarter greener planet by luc lortie robin spencer 으 luc lortie is sustain- ability and environ- costco wholesale canada ne of the most often-asked ques- tions we receive about sustainability packaging? it's a fair question because the answers are complex materials used while protecting the integrity costco members or wasted goods can have a negative envi- larger footprint than the packaging itself aging waste and providing sustainable options to our members without compro- reducing packaging overall it makes sense to start with this initial use overall while continuing to protect the product and minimize the overall environ- using paperboard instead of plastic in our sheet cake trays and removing plastic hangers nated expanded polystyrene in our food courts by using compostable sugarcane pack- with reusable boxes from the outset and increased our recycled content by using more widely recyclable materials plastic and cardboard will be a part of packaging for the foreseeable future while