Radical Collaboration Toward

Compostable Food Packaging

About OSC2

Who?

Mission

• A collaboration of sustainable food founders and CEOs committed to making a positive impact on our industry, people, and environment

• Address the toughest sustainability problems facing our industry and our planet by building new regenerative business models and agricultural systems

OSC2 is a nonprofit mutual benefit corporation.

Pouch Problem; 100% Landfill, No End of Life

Mission Driven Brands Reluctantly in Flexible Packages

Quantifying the Plastic Pouch Problem

• ½ of municipal waste is packaging- Cradle to Cradle, William McDonough

- Globally more than 150 billion stand up pouches are used every year, growing 9%

• In the United States, 26 billion pouches are thrown into landfills with no regenerative potential

• “There is a strong link between US GHG Emission reduction and material and land management” (Recycling/Composting is one of biggest factors)

-Environmental Protection Agency 2009

OSC2 Packaging Coalition Drives Industry Collaboration

Mission • Remove petroleum based plastic packaging from Landfill, our oceans, and our planet

1st Goal

• Secure non-GMO, “backyard” compostable materials that perform with appropriate moisture/oxygen barriers at a reasonable cost (for pouch and overwrap applications)

Why Backyard Compostable?• Plastic/PET pouches are laminated with different plastic layers that

cannot separate, making them impossible to recycle

• Recycling facilities aren’t set up to accept recyclable flexible plastic

• Industrial composting is harder for consumers to access; yard waste programs and company take back programs can support home/backyard compost

• Backyard Composting promotes a virtuous cycle replenishing biological nutrients

First Flexible Pouch Launch