Plastic food packaging, especially single-use containers, is a growing problem for the food industry. According to the UN Environment Program, 460 million tons of plastic is generated each year ...

According to an early-August report from Environment+Energy Leader, the Illinois General Assembly has passed Senate Bill 1531 ...

This is the second commercial roll-out of food-grade recycled polystyrene by INEOS Styrolution with a leading German retailer ...

A team of scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, US, has developed a ‘smart’ food packaging material that is ...

Since their introduction for commercial food packaging in the 1980s, plastic containers have become ubiquitous in homes, too. However, glass alternatives are making a comeback.

The water-proof food packaging is made from a type of corn protein called zein, starch and other naturally derived biopolymers, infused with a cocktail of natural antimicrobial compounds (see ...

Nuclear techniques also support food safety in other ways — for instance, by using irradiation to protect food from pests and extend shelf life without compromising safety.

It's ironic that even though many people are starving, a great deal of food gets discarded because it spoils before it can be eaten. A new natural-source packaging material could help, by making ...