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 ...

“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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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) ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

As reported by Towards Packaging experts, the global plant-based food bioplastics market is anticipated to rise from USD 1.22 ...

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 ...