Compostable packaging only works with industrial composting and correct disposal, conditions most waste systems lack.
If you buy a smoothie in Portland, Oregon, the drink might come in a compostable plastic cup, a choice a thoughtful owner might make to make their operations more sustainable. You might think, at a ...
Once packaging leaves the consumer, it enters fragmented collection and sorting systems where contamination, infrastructure gaps, and market forces determine its fate.
As governments and businesses continue to move away from single-use plastics, compostable food packaging is becoming a ...
Unilever and PepsiCo have goals to design 100% of packaging to be reusable, recyclable, compostable, or biodegradable by 2025. Companies like Zume – formerly a robotics pizza company – are trying to ...
Composting Consortium Maps Path for Integrating Compostable Packaging in EPR. As extended producer responsibility (EPR) takes ...
TIPA, a compostable packaging company, makes fully compostable bags for shipping products in multiple stages of the supply chain. Swapping out traditional plastic bags in the food and fashion ...
Tipa, an Israel-based supplier of compostable plastic flexible materials, has partnered with US packaging manufacturers PPC Flexible Packaging and Clearview Packaging to expand production of ...
The material is both biodegradable and compostable, aiming to provide lower-cost options with reduced environmental impact.