Simply using your food packaging in the manner it's supposed to be used is enough to contaminate your comestibles with a ...

Microscopic bits of plastic are sloughing off into food and beverages when consumers unwrap the plastic packaging, a new ...

Nestlé and IBM Research unveil a generative AI tool designed to accelerate the discovery of sustainable high-barrier food ...

Of the 141m tonnes of plastic food and beverage packaging produced annually, just 14% is recycled, according to the Ellen MacArthur Foundation. The problem lies in overconsumption, says Adam Herriott, ...

Plastic manufacturers are pushing to have their products counted as compost. Composters and farmers are trying to stop them.

NATICK, Mass. (July 28, 2015) -- Scientists at the U.S. Army Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center, or NSRDEC, are investigating high-barrier, non-foil materials, which have ...

The food packaging material is produced by electrospinning the zein, the antimicrobial compounds with cellulose, a natural polymer starch that makes up plant cell walls, ...

Traditional materials used for food packaging in the restaurant industry can often take hundreds of years to decompose and harm the planet; however, consumers are becoming more aware of the current ...

These two Israeli packaging innovators jointly developed Xgo FreshLid, a next-gen “modified atmosphere” re-sealable lidding film, to extend the shelf life of fresh cherries to more than 35 days on ...

In the United States, several states have taken action. Lawmakers push for ban on dangerous food packaging: 'We must curb ...