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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Whisky by-products and fungi have been used to create compostable packaging tipped as an eco-friendly alternative to plastic.

Scientists from Oregon State University have developed a way to turn apple waste into compostable packaging material that could serve as the main ingredient for molded pulp packaging (e.g. egg cartons ...

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Packaging waste is one of the fastest-growing environmental challenges worldwide. As consumption rises and e-commerce expands, so does the volume of packaging discarded daily. Effective packaging ...

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 ...

The city of L.A. is providing free kitchen waste pails to store food scraps for composting, although a plastic container with a lid will also work. (Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times) The wait is ...

PARK RAPIDS, Minn. — Robots are making food waste recycling easier for residents in six Minnesota counties. Beltrami, ...

St. Cloud's compost site opens April 6, accepting yard waste in compostable bags. Remember to bundle branches separately.