Becky Wardell Gaertner

I watched the excellent Frontline documentary. We must do a better job holding the plastics industry and business responsible for the products they are producing.

During this plastic challenge I have researched #7 plastic packaging. Bobs Red Mill, Morning Star, Wyman’s blueberries, and Gardien are products in plastic. They are #7 plastic, and none of them can be recycled. I have contacted these companies complaining that our Hennepin County landfills are full and companies must be responsible for the bad packaging they are using. Most of them have responded that packaging is a freshness issue and a few admit it is a price issue. A few of them admit they are looking for better packaging but at our house we will not purchase their products use recyclable plastic. 

I have found alternatives. Quorn packaging is recyclable and we have never had a freshness issue with their products. When you paying attention to the recycle symbol you can find frozen products in #4 plastic that can be bag recycled at Cub and Kowalskis. I am embarrassed not to have discovered this sooner!