Massachusetts-based Jim's Organic Coffee has introduced a new greener coffee bag made by fres-co. The new 12 oz. bag will serve as the company's consumer retail packaging and incorporates green components never before used in a coffee bag. The new bag is the first generation of a coffee bag made with renewable resources on the concept of working to replace petroleum-based components in its old coffee bag with renewable ones.
Jim's Organic Coffee is the first coffee company using polylactide (PLA) resin in its bag. The new bags are made of 19% PLA used in a layer that replaces 48-gauge polyester in the old bag. The PLA used in the bag is from NatureWorks LLC, a stand-alone company owned by C