There are numerous options in food packaging materials, and many major food packagers and retailers often make a choice based on non-scientific information. Clearly Clean Products LLC (Orwigsburg, PA) ...

“There’s a lot of greenwashing out there,” says Daphna Nissenbaum, co-founder and CEO of compostable-packaging company Tipa. While companies have touted the recyclability of their plastic products for ...

Dusseldorf — "At Interpack this year, one of the statements heard again and again was 'we are already working with bioplastics,'"said Hasso von Pogrell, managing director of European Bioplastics. "It ...

KANSAS CITY — A good percentage of consumers say they want sustainable packaging, and food companies include packaging in their sustainability goals. Options appear in post-consumer recycled (PCR) ...

Do our “compostable” bags, utensils and containers really return to nature? Hailed as a solution to the plastic problem, a growing number of new materials — marketed as biodegradable, sustainable, ...

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Technavio has been monitoring the global bioplastic packaging market since 2014 and the market is poised to grow by USD 5.01 billion during 2019-2023, progressing at a CAGR of ...

If you order takeout in Los Angeles and your meal comes with a compostable fork made from PLA—a common bio-based plastic—you’re not supposed to toss the utensil in your curbside compost bin. The city ...

The Bioplastics Division of the Plastics Industry Association (Plastics), Washington, has named Bainbridge, Georgia-based Danimer Scientific and Purchase, New York-based PepsiCo the joint winners of ...

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 ...

If only I had a nickel for every time I saw someone post on Instagram or say in a coffee shop, “Don’t worry, it’s a compostable cup!” I’d be about as overflowing as our landfills. These compostable ...

Researchers at Michigan State University say they've developed a new biodegradable plastic alternative that's easier to compost. The team created a bio-based polymer blend that’s compostable in both ...