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 ...

Last spring, A1 Organics, Colorado’s largest composter, drew a line in the sand, or, in the compost. In April, the company said it would no longer accept compostable packaging and other paper ...

A consumer behaviour trial run by the Compostable Coalition UK has revealed that the number of consumers disposing of their compostable packaging in food waste bins increased five-fold once they were ...

Gary Tee, VP Global Converting at TIPA, explores the advantages that compostable packaging offers to brands and waste management facilities, from reduced contamination rates and simplified sorting ...

Quick-service restaurants with Seattle locations are well aware the city's "foam ban" goes fully into effect July 1. That means throw-away packaging can no longer be made of expanded polystyrene and ...

Compostable plastic packaging and products achieved a 98% disintegration rate on average by surface area. Credit: Hakim Graphy via Shutterstock. A study by industry collaboration the Composting ...

In this interview, AZoCleantech speaks with Daphna Nissenbaum, CEO and Co-Founder of TIPA, who is leading the charge in creating compostable packaging solutions, aiming to replace traditional plastics ...

A leading Sligo restaurateur has laid down a challenge to manufacturers to produce packaging that is 100% compostable. Carolanne Rushe, owner of vegan restaurants Sweet Beat and Sweet As, says that ...

A “first-of-its-kind consumer behaviour trial” which involved households receiving groceries in packaging clearly labelled as compostable has reported a fivefold increase in consumers disposing of it ...