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Pantry-sized PET jars include recycled content

Berry Global and Mars have developed new M&M’s, Skittles and Starburst jars with 15 per cent post-consumer resin. The pantry-sized PET jars, which come in 60-, 81- and 87-ounce sizes, are said to offer the same look and feel as previous packages. They will eliminate approximately 300 tonnes of virgin plastics per year, Berry said….

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