Reporting Package: HIDDEN THREATS IN YOUR TAKEOUT

Food Delivery Orders up During COVID-19, with Unintended Consequences for Health and the Environment

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  1. Review the Reporting Project Overview, Feature Report: Hidden Threats in Your Takeout, Methodology and Preferred Materials and Product Review. These are your springboards to your own coverage decisions.

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  3. Once you dig into reporting in your region, review our additional reporting material, references and available media assets for you to use. Feel free to reuse or build on anything we provide.

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Reporting Package Table of Contents

2. ADDITIONAL REPORTING CONTENT

a. What Chemicals Has Your Food Come into Contact With? A New Database from Food Packaging Forum Presents Gaps in What We Know

b. Infographic: Environmental Impacts Associated with Disposable Food Service Ware

3. RESEARCH & REFERENCES

a. Expert Interviews - Images, raw audio files and Otter.ai timestamped transcription files for review and reuse and complete list of experts interviewed

b. Resources and References - Links to the research that supported this project and sources cited

  • Disposable Food Packaging Trends During the Pandemic

  • Safety and Sustainability of Disposable Food Service Ware

  • The Role of Reusables as an Alternative to Disposable Packaging

4. MULTIMEDIA & SUPPORTING ASSETS

a. How to Use & Credit Orb Media’s Work

b. Downloadable Graphics - Free to use with credit to Orb Media.

c. Product Imagery - Free to use with credit to Orb Media