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Sustainability

  • Ziploc® Loves Food as Much as You Do

    Helping protect food and the future

    Just like you, we’re all about food. We’re Ziploc®, after all. With 50+ years of expertise in the bag, we aren’t afraid to redefine what it means to protect every ingredient, snack, or dish. We’re also continually innovating products that help protect your investment and drive toward a more sustainable future. Because when you love food, you let nothing go to waste.

  • A set table with two glasses, a thermos, and a plate of dumplings with two sets of hands holding chopsticks over the dumplings

We believe every bit of food is meant to be enjoyed

Together, we can seal in a difference

of all food produced in the world is thrown in the trash according to the United Nations Environment Programme’s (UNEP’s) Food Waste Index Report 2021

1/3

worth of food per year is thrown out by the average American family of 4 according to the USDA Report: The Estimated Amount, Value, and Calories of Postharvest Food Losses at the Retail and Consumer Levels in the United States, 2014

~$1500

of total Global GHG emissions are due to food waste according to United Nations Environment Programme’s (UNEP’s) Food Waste Index Report 2021

8%

We help keep food at its freshest and finest

Spoiler alert: strawberries get wrinkles, carrots grow fuzzy, and date-night steaks lose their romance within days. Reducing food waste starts with keeping food fresh and protected. That’s why Ziploc® has a team of engineers and innovators who love food too. They help lead the way for a future that preserves everything from produce to pizza.

A plate with with a steak on it on a set table with a napkin, fork and knife, and salt and pepper shakers. The steak has a white outline of a Ziploc bag overlayed on it.

Have you met our other products?

Our whole existence is to protect food, so we offer more than one way to stand against food waste.

We’re relentlessly innovating new food storage products– like reusable silicone, recyclable paper, and commercial compostables– that help pave the way for a more sustainable future.

Ziploc Endurables® are reusable and dishwasher safe so you can store everything from game-day snacks to pasta night leftovers again and again.

Ziploc® Paper Bags are made using food-safe, non-wax paper so you can recycle them after bringing them along every bite-sized adventure.

COMING SOON: NEW! Ziploc® Compostables can help reduce landfill waste and contribute to making valuable compost when composted in a commercial composting center.

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Two friends sitting at a table drinking tea and sharing a slice of cake and eating snacks from a ZIploc recyclable paper bag

For the love of using and reusing

At Ziploc we’re on a mission to protect food and reduce waste. That’s why our products can be reused.

Ziploc® bags are reusable after hand-washing with soap and air-drying. And if hand-washing isn’t your style, our Ziploc Endurables® are dishwasher safe. Just follow the product usage instructions on your Ziploc® packaging.

Now let’s talk recycling:

  • Ziploc® Paper Bags are recyclable through standard municipal recycling collection (i.e., blue bin). Look for the How2Recycle label on your Ziploc® packaging for more details.
  • Ziploc Endurables® can be used again and again. But, if you ever need to recycle them, you can do so through Terracycle.
Five reusable Ziploc Endurables® bags on the top rack of a dishwasher

Frequently Asked Questions

Still have questions? No poblano. Check out some of the most frequently asked questions relating to product reusability, materials, food storage and more.