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 ...

The “best-by” labels on food packaging don’t tell you if the food inside is safe to eat. Food often lasts days or even weeks longer, and these printed dates are one of many reasons that Americans ...

CTK Bio Canada today announced the launch of Earth Edition Home Compostable Pallet Wrap and Food Wrap Solutions, designed to ...

CJ Biomaterials has announced the commercial availability of PHACT™ CB0504A, a new all-PHA compound for extrusion paper coatings · GlobeNewswire Inc. Compostable Food Packaging PHACT™ CB0504A is an ...

Compostable packaging continues to gain momentum even as it challenges the principles of a traditional circular economy built on reuse, repurpose, and recycling. While not a perfect loop, ...

Israeli agri-food start-up TIPA Corp says its bio-based packaging has the same functional properties as conventional flexible plastic packaging, yet is fully compostable. Plastic is used across the ...

Compostable food containers seem like a great idea: They degrade into nutrient-rich organic matter, reducing waste and the need for chemical fertilizers. But much of this packaging relies on per- and ...

Scientists from Oregon State University have developed a way to turn apple waste into compostable packaging material that could serve as the main ingredient for molded pulp packaging (e.g. egg cartons ...

Mad Tea’s 100% compostable tea pods, made from a blend of PHA and other compostable bioplastics, aim to satisfy consumer demand for sustainable packaging, yet experts warn that high production costs, ...

The new Consortium — which includes Closed Loop Partners, PepsiCo, the NextGen Consortium, the US Plastics Pact and other value chain players — aims to pilot industry-wide solutions and map tech and ...

(CN) – Compostable food packaging seemingly combines convenience with sustainability, but a study published Wednesday found the containers are leaching potentially harmful substances into the ground.