It’s tempting to think of purchasing plastic cups labeled as compostable or using plastic cutlery made of biodegradable materials as a better choice for the environment—but there are a lot of ...

The time is right, says Michael Winters, for WinCup Inc. to completely switch production of the company's expanded polystyrene foodservice products to biodegradable packaging. The Atlanta-based ...

Every day, millions of people enjoy their coffee, tea, or other beverages from disposable cups, often without a second thought about what might be lurking in their drink. However, research published ...

These buzzwords are increasingly appearing on utensils, to-go cups and food containers and other kinds of disposable packaging. While you might think the dizzying array of products could be a simple ...

That trait, which makes a coffee lid or a fishing float so useful, also turns plastic into a long-term guest in places it was never invited. Unrecovered fragments collect across ecosystems, and they ...

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(a) 1000 single-use polyethylene (PE) and polybutylene adipate terephthalate (PBAT)-lactic acid (LA) plastic bags; (b) 1000 single-use polypropylene (PP) and ...

Researchers led by Takuzo Aida at the RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS) in Japan have one-upped themselves in their quest to solve our microplastic problem. In a study published in the ...