Canadian meal kit delivery service Fresh Prep has launched its Zero Waste Kit, which features the first reusable meal kit container that significantly reduces waste from single-use plastic, according to the company. All parts of the Zero Waste Kit are dishwasher safe and made with BPA-free reusable plastic and silicone parts.
“Single-use plastic is a well-known and pervasive problem in the food industry. As interest in meal kits continues to surge, we wanted to be leaders in innovating to minimize packaging waste. That is why we are excited to be offering this first-of-its-kind, Zero Waste Kit to Fresh Prep customers,” said Husein Rahemtulla, co-founder and COO at Fresh Prep, in a statement. “Since day one, we’ve experimented with innovative ways to make sustainability more accessible to our customers. We explored options such as mason jars and other packaging, but quickly realized that if we wanted to create a sustainable solution at a large scale, developing a reusable packaging solution that meets the needs of convenience and sustainability would be the best approach.”
”When we started development three years ago, we knew we did not want to give our customers a band-aid solution to the plastic packaging problem,” said Dhruv Sood, co-founder and co-CEO at Fresh Prep, in a statement. “Not only did we need to develop the kit itself, but we also had to reevaluate our entire business from the ground up. This required a complete overhaul of our production facilities and increased engineering capabilities to bring this solution to customers at a large scale.”
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