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Sustainable jars soar for Peter Pan
At the forefront of sustainability initiatives, giant packaged food supplier ConAgra Foods, Omaha, NE, has moved to a more sustainable plastic jar for Peter Pan® peanut butter products. The company says the new Peter Pan jars use about 12 percent less plastic across core jar sizes, which equates to eliminating enough plastic to fill more than 24 garbage trucks each year with solid waste. More
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