Are you struggling to balance your brand’s commitment to sustainability with the rigorous demands of food safety? Do you find it challenging to source packaging that not only withstands heat and ...

Composting biodegradable food containers cuts the amount of trash that gets sent to a landfill. But the practice may serve up some unintended consequences for human health. That’s because the items ...

Its not your mother’s TupperWare—these containers break down in compost heaps in about 2 months. Made from corn resin, these sorts of holders are all the rage for cold and warm (less than 110 degrees ...

The increase in the presence of plastic in our lives is an unstoppable trend due to the versatility of this material. So innovation in the packaging industry has been focusing on the development of ...

The simple brown cardboard box surrounding a Big Mac costs McDonald’s Corp. only pennies. A biodegradable version, by contrast, is costing EarthShell Corp. millions of dollars, not to mention the ...

We might not be reaping the full environmental benefits of biodegradable products, according to new research. In fact, in some cases, the landfill disposal of biodegradable materials might be causing ...

Scientists in Italy evaluated the effectiveness of biodegradable mulches for weed control in container-grown giant arborvitae and measured the effects of the mulches on weed control, water consumption ...

One thing we know for certain about death is that we will definitely run out of room to bury people in the very near future. The switch to universal cremation is inevitable. But even after we switch ...