Robbie Manufacturing honored at the 2009 Flexible Packaging Achievement Awards
The award recognizes Robbie’s Hot N Handy Bio-Pouch as the most advanced sustainable solution for fresh-prepared sandwiches in the market today. Hot N Handy Bio-Pouch was developed to replace the Rigid Polystyrene Hinged Containers commonly used in the cold case at retail locations for fresh-prepared sandwiches. Compared to rigid polystyrene containers, the Bio-Pouch uses 92% less crude oil, reduces CO2 emissions by 56% and reduces packaging material waste, by weight, 75%.
About 4 million pounds of garbage is produced by the preparation and delivery of 163 million deli sandwiches into the hands of consumers. According to the International Dairy Deli Bakery Association, deli sandwiches totaled $912 million at a cost of $5.50. Those numbers convert to an estimated 163 million supermarket deli sandwiches – all sold in some kind of wrapper or container that later required disposal.