Regulatory questions cloud the segment’s future, as do concerns about feedstocks, material capabilities and compostability ...

Compostable plastic packaging market projected to reach $203 billion by 2035 driven by EPR programs and sustainability ...

While the group is concerned about contamination from synthetic polymers broadly, it’s open to evaluating individual ...

Among details covered in the report, 54 percent of plastic packaging placed on the market by U.S. Plastics Pact members is ...

Some plastic alternatives need to be put in industrial compost facilities or require acres of land for production. Sway's seaweed plastic needs neither. This startup turns food waste into bioplastic ...

The federal definition of compost has been static for decades. In a welcome development, the US Department of Agriculture is reviewing this definition in order to extend it beyond plant and animal ...

Materials scientists are cooking up environmentally friendly polymers from natural sources like silk, plant fibers and whole algae. Economics and acceptance remain hurdles. By Boyce Upholt / Knowable ...

Modern society has has a big problem when it comes to plastic -- and it's contributing heavily to pollution and climate change. Globally, 400 million metric tons of plastic are produced each year -- ...

The Holy Carp soy sauce dropper, now available for preorder, is a plastic-free and fully compostable alternative that solves ...

California has entered a new phase of waste reduction as a statewide ban on all plastic shopping bags at grocery stores and ...