Within the next five years, Horsham-Based Bimbo Bakeries USA will be selling all of its products in environmentally friendly packaging, writes Jeff Gelski for the BakingBusiness.com.

The company has committed to adopting 100 percent sustainable packaging by 2025. This means that all the plastic bags, individual wrappers, and cardboard boxes that hold the company’s over 21 brands of various baked food products will be recyclable, reusable, or compostable by that time.

“We take our responsibility to protect our plant very seriously,” said Fred Penny, president of Bimbo Bakeries USA.

The company will begin by expanding its partnership with TerraCycle, the waste management company, to ensure its bread, bagel, and English muffin packaging is all recyclable from January 1.

Customers can then save the packaging, print out a free shipping label, and send it to TerraCycle for recycling. Each shipment will earn them points that can be used for charity gifts or converted to cash and donated to a nonprofit, school, or charity of their choosing.

Bimbo Bakeries USA is a business of Mexico City-based Grupo Bimbo S.A.B. de C.V., which has committed to sustainable packaging for all of its products worldwide by 2025.

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