Convex Wins Environmental Packaging Award
Convex Plastics, September 30th, 2011
The GreenSACK™ Eco-Advantage award-winning team. Left to right: Amanda Martin (Eco-Express), Convex Technical Manager Andrew Sheerin, Convex Managing Director Owen Embling, and Peter Thorne (Paper Reclaim).
Convex was presented an Environmental Packaging award by the Packaging Council of New Zealand (Inc) at the Auckland Hilton Hotel on Friday 2 September 2011 for the key role GreenSACK™ wheelie bin liners are playing in turning food waste into commercial compost.
Made from annually-renewable materials derived from cornstarch - GreenSACK™ wheelie bin liners have been purpose-designed by Convex to provide an easy way for restaurants, hotels and commercial kitchens to dispose of their organic waste in an environmentally responsible manner.
The GreenSACK™ liners won the Foodstuffs award for packaging design incorporating sustainability principles. The judges were impressed with how the liners simplify the collection of food waste as a first step towards the goal of achieving waste reduction in this difficult area. They commented, “This entry shows how new advanced technology for biodegradable materials can tackle the problem of food waste.”
The winning award entry highlighted how a new food waste collection service utilising GreenSACK™ wheelie bin liners is helping Auckland businesses significantly reduce the amount of waste they are sending to landfill.
The new `closed loop’ recycling service diverts food waste away from landfill and reprocesses it into a high quality wormacompost™ that returns nutrients to the soil and promotes the healthy growth of commercial crops like kiwifruit, avocados and carrots.
Find out more about this new food waste collection service.