Bags made from biodegradable materials for collecting organic household waste have been available on the market for several years. Now researchers in a large-scale pilot study have conducted an ...
Fairfield, Connecticut, Feb. 26, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Bigelow Tea produces more than 2.2 billion tea bags annually in three U.S. manufacturing facilities and are biodegradable, compostable, and ...
Biodegradable plastic bag replacement, Japan's food label law transition, canned plant-based meat and more feature in this edition of Packaging Happenings. A Hong Kong start-up is seeking to create ...
The switch from plastic bags to alternative materials is scheduled to take effect in six months for grocery stores and in one year for pharmacies. A Newsday.com story reported that Craig Noble, a ...
Germany’s nova-Institute has published the first comprehensive market study on the consumption of biodegradable and compostable plastic products in Europe, announced managing director Michael Carus at ...
Kansas City, Missouri-based Biolo, a flexible packaging company, uses PHA to manufacture bags that biodegrade in soil, freshwater and marine environments. Biolo says its polyhydroxyalkanoate-based ...
Over one-fifth of all plastic produced worldwide is tossed into uncontrolled dumpsites, burned in open pits or leaked into the environment. In Australia, 1.1 million tonnes of plastic is placed in the ...
Bacardi rum bottles, Skittles sweet wrappers, designer water bottles—a bevy of companies are developing biodegradable plastic packaging they say is better for the environment than traditional plastics ...
Plastic pollution has emerged as one of the most pressing environmental challenges of our time. Over 100 million tonnes of plastic enters the environment each year, with more than 10 million tonnes ...