The Battle of Bags: Consumer and Ecological Challenges

In 2009/10 FritoLay introduced the world’s first 100% compostable snack chip bag in the USA and Canada. Helmi Ansari, Sustainability Director at FritoLay Canada, wrote a guest post about the launch of the new SunChips packaging in our blog. Initially the public applauded the company’s move to compostable bags. However, in October 2010 FritoLay USA withdrew the SunChips bag, just 18 months after introducing it. What happened?...read more