Be Green Packaging [7], a designer, manufacturer, and distributor of Cradle-to-Cradle™- certified, [8] tree-free, compostable packaging for the food and industrial packaging industries, has designed a standalone Compost Tool Kit and training program for its end-user customers, including nationwide grocery and restaurant chains.

The Compost Tool Kit walks customers through three phases of establishing an in-house food-scrap composting program. The Compost Tool Kit provides them with useful information such as how to talk with a local waste management company, equipment needed, and how to receive tax incentives by participating in city food scrap programs where applicable. The reader is also empowered with a step-by-step employee training process.

According to Be Green, proper disposal is key to the company’s sustainable business practices. Therefore, by educating its customers, who in turn affect the consumer, Be Green believes it can increase the chances of its compostable products landing in a commercial or home compost bin. “We are committed to being a triple bottom-line company, and as such, we are both students and educators, always pushing ourselves and the marketplace to do the right thing and balance the priorities of profit, nature, and people”, says vice president of Be Green, Megan Havrda.