31 Oct 2023 --- The Portland Trail Blazers, a US basketball team, has named Eco-Products as an “Official Zero Waste Partner.” The partnership will feature compostable foodservice packaging from Eco-Products within Oregon-based sporting venues Moda Center and Veterans Memorial Coliseum while supporting the organization’s overall composting program and waste diversion efforts. Eco-Products will also provide Rip City Reuse cups for Moda Center’s reusable drinkware program through a partnership with its Novolex sister company, Waddington North America. “All the packaging used in the venue will be ‘compostable’ and BPI-certified. Terminology is important here, as many products marketed as ‘biodegradable’ do not meet the standards for compostability established by ASTM and certified by BPI. This is why a growing number of states have made it illegal to market products as ‘biodegradable,’” Wendell Simonson, director of marketing for Eco-Products, tells Packaging Insights.
