Sustainable Potato Bags
Emerald Packaging and Walmart Debut a Sustainable Packaging Material
Kalin Ned — October 2, 2025
Emerald Packaging, in partnership with Walmart, has developed a plastic bag for potatoes. This launch is noteworthy as it offers a more sustainable packaging material for a common grocery item.
Emerald Packaging's new potato bag incorporates 30% post-consumer recycled content. The company notes that this is the first such material application in this specific retail category. The development process for the packaging involved trials to ensure the design of the potato bag maintained necessary performance standards.
The sustainable bag option is framed as a direct response to Walmart's corporate sustainability program, which strives to reduce the large retailer's greenhouse gas emissions. The shift to 30% post-consumer recycled content will surely lead to a substantial reduction in the use of new plastic in the long run.
