President Joe Biden's administration is proposing a voluntary program that would encourage government agencies to reduce the amount of single-use plastics they buy, saying it wants to use the power of ...

Regulatory questions cloud the segment’s future, as do concerns about feedstocks, material capabilities and compostability ...

From the start of 2026, businesses in Freiburg that sell takeaway food and beverages must pay a charge for each disposable ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — CalRecycle released key building blocks for California’s groundbreaking law to cut single-use plastic and packaging waste. Packaging makes up over 50% of what we throw away by ...

The Biden administration is touting a new rule as a means to reduce waste generation, but advocates counter that the government squandered an opportunity to clamp down on single-use plastics.

It’s hard to imagine a time before traditional plastics became commonplace for many single-use food packaging and food-contact applications. It’s even harder to imagine a time without them using ...

The town of Truckee is joining a growing list of places that are banning single-use water bottles to help protect the environment. The Northern California town will start banning noncarbonated, ...

Paul Antoniadis is CEO and Executive Chair at good natured Products Inc, one of North America’s leading eco-friendly packaging companies. As someone deeply entrenched in the packaging industry, I've ...

When evaluating different types of packaging, businesses must consider all aspects of their operations to select the most appropriate option. It’s a question that impacts not only how goods are ...

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 ...

The edible packaging market is projected to take a bigger bite out of single-use plastic sales in the coming years. Which packaging innovations – fit for human consumption – are turning heads? Just a ...