Take-out containers are a staple in modern life, offering convenience for those nights when cooking just isn't in the cards.

To create new forms of food packaging to replace the unsustainable ... One team designed sheets of black plastic that folded into take-out containers (seen in image above) and could be returned ...

Study finds over half of plastic food packaging is replaceable, urging policy and industry shifts toward sustainable grocery ...

The food packaging industry. Briony Smith writes about technology for MaRS. Torstar, the parent company of the Toronto Star, partnered with MaRS to highlight innovation in Canadian companies.

And 44% of this plastic litter related to take-out food and drinks. Single-use bottles, food containers and wrappers, and plastic bags made up the biggest share. "It was shocking to find out that ...

According to Birgit Geueke, the lead author of the study from the Food Packaging Forum Foundation, some of these chemicals are well-known, while the health effects of others remain largely unexplored.