If you buy a smoothie in Portland, Oregon, the drink might come in a compostable plastic cup, a choice a thoughtful owner might make to make their operations more sustainable. You might think, at a ...

On January 1, Berkeley, California rang in the New Year by putting a new rule in place requiring all cafés and restaurants to start charging 25 cents for disposable cups. The cups, in addition to lids ...

These buzzwords are increasingly appearing on utensils, to-go cups and food containers and other kinds of disposable packaging. While you might think the dizzying array of products could be a simple ...

In a market study released in June 2022, Data Bridge Market Research reports that the compostable packaging market was valued at $46.4 billion in 2021 and is expected to reach $75 billion by 2029.

TIPA, a compostable packaging company, makes fully compostable bags for shipping products in multiple stages of the supply chain. Swapping out traditional plastic bags in the food and fashion ...

Most people know by now that the disposable plastic used for take-out food is an environmental hazard. Containers, cups, utensils, straws — very little of it gets recycled and very much of it ends up ...

GILBERT, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Footprint, a sustainable technology firm specializing in materials science engineering, today announced the launch of its new, plant-based clamshell food container ...

Performance apparel company Prana is going deeper to get even greener — literally — with a new product polybag made from a proprietary "innovative material" based on an abundant underwater resource: ...

The plastic films CuanTec makes out of shellfish shells that are left over from seafood production is naturally antimicrobial and lets people keep using plastic wrap without worrying about plastic.

An investigation by The New Food Economy shows that compostable takeout containers are made with a potentially dangerous chemical that doesn't break down. In the investigation, The New Food Economy ...

In the eagerness to prove the sustainability of plastics, an idea blossomed that somehow someone could turn plastic into soil, mimicking the life cycle of a leaf or grass. Thus began the quest for the ...