Bin with compost items and suggestions on what to do with paper and compostable bags, Union Square Farmer's Market, New York City. (Photo by: Joan Slatkin/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) ...
Many CPG companies are investing in more sustainable packaging types, including biodegradable options, to reduce the plastic in their supply chain and to meet consumer demands for greener alternatives ...
Regulatory questions cloud the segment’s future, as do concerns about feedstocks, material capabilities and compostability ...
Compostable plastic packaging market projected to reach $203 billion by 2035 driven by EPR programs and sustainability ...
A new report from Beyond Plastics, an NGO, claims that very little of the bioplastics labeled as compostable can be composted by consumers. “Compostable” bioplastics can only be broken down in ...
HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Bioelements Group, a leading sustainable packaging company in Latin America, announced today its expansion into the United States with the opening of U.S. headquarters in ...
A pinch of polymer-munching enzymes could make biodegradable plastic packaging and forks truly compostable. With moderate heat, enzyme-laced films of the plastic disintegrated in standard compost or ...
California’s AB 1201 (Compostable Product Standards Act) introduces some of the nation’s most stringent requirements for compostable labeling, effective January 1, 2026. Under the new law, any product ...