Saving 120 tonnes of plastic waste by replacing a lid

Published 23 September 2022

Europe's leading take-away salad bar company Picadeli replaced their single-use plastics lid with a formed fiber lid. The new lid is plastic-free, PFAS-free, renewable, recyclable, biodegradable and saves about 120 tonnes of plastic waste annually.

Picadelihas 2 300 salad bars throughout Europe and the USA. With a strong focus on sustainability Picadeli have set up a target to reduce their usage of plastic by 50% by 2025. Because of this, they wanted a plastic-free lid for their take-away packaging.

Picadeli's concept is self-serving salad bars where the consumers pick and mixes their own salads. From the start Picadeli used plastic bowls and plastic lids. The bowl was changed to a cardboard bowl a few years back. Leaving the next challenge for Picadeli: Replacing the plastic lid.