August 19 - We’ve all been there: standing by a bin, squinting at a piece of packaging, trying to figure out its fate. Is it recyclable? Does it go straight into the rubbish bin? Increasingly, there’s ...

Morrisions has introduced compostable packaging to its range of own-brand organic produce in an effort to reduce the amount of waste being sent to landfill sites. Trays in the new eco-friendly ...

The initiative replaces single-use compostable cups with reusable alternatives.

Tesco has issued details on the packaging it wants suppliers to use in the UK. Compostables remains a tricky issue but David Burrows welcomes the retailer’s decisions. Tesco, the UK’s largest grocer, ...

Whisky by-products and fungi have been used to create compostable packaging tipped as an eco-friendly alternative to plastic. Arbikie Distillery in Montrose, Angus, partnered with academics to use ...

Biome Bioplastics Ltd. and film maker Futamura Group have added more bio-based packaging with the development of a range of bio-based and compostable multilayer films. The films combine Southhampton, ...

In a market study released in June 2022, Data Bridge Market Research reports that the compostable packaging market was valued at $46.4 billion in 2021 and is expected to reach $75 billion by 2029.

In a UK-wide study, researchers found that 60% of home-compostable plastics do not fully disintegrate in home compost bins, and inevitably end up in our soil. The study also found that citizens are ...

Public support for compostable packaging is strong, but current policy continues to disadvantage bio-based alternatives to plastics, according to BB-REG-NET. A nationally representative survey of ...

CAMARILLO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Zume, the sustainability solutions company creating economically viable substitutes for plastic packaging, today announces additional strategic expansion and global ...

Israeli agri-food start-up TIPA Corp says its bio-based packaging has the same functional properties as conventional flexible plastic packaging, yet is fully compostable. Plastic is used across the ...

Fresh from banning single-use plastic bottles, Britain’s Glastonbury Festival has taken another step towards sustainability: sandwiches in 100 percent compostable packaging will be sold at the ...