If you buy a smoothie in Portland, Oregon, the drink might come in a compostable plastic cup, a choice a thoughtful owner might make to make their operations more sustainable. You might think, at a ...

Food waste is a crisis we can no longer ignore. Every year, roughly a third of all food produced for human consumption ends up wasted, totaling over a billion tons globally according to recent reports ...

Students in the San Francisco’s Unified School District have been calling for less plastic packaging in their lunches.

The Composting Consortium says EPR has been positioned as a tailwind for recycling, but compostable packaging, which helps to divert food scraps and reduce greenhouse gas emissions in landfills, is ...

One of the many reasons why I love the University of Massachusetts is the school’s dedication to being a sustainable community. One of the ways in which UMass practices sustainability is by providing ...

Compostable food containers seem like a great idea: They degrade into nutrient-rich organic matter, reducing waste and the need for chemical fertilizers. But much of this packaging relies on per- and ...

Most compostable food containers, however, need a commercial facility to decompose properly. File/Dean Fosdick/AP At Charleston County's Bees Ferry Composting Facility, the only one in the area, ...

As the days of polystyrene to-go food containers are quickly disappearing, we’ve seen the rise in popularity of molded fiber bowls: containers made from natural pulp byproducts that, unlike their ...

For years, restaurants have been buying expensive compostable takeout packaging, hoping it was a more planet-friendly solution to single-use plastic. Sadly, few cities have the infrastructure to ...

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COVID-19 has led to a new pilot program that could be the start of public composting in Aspen. Through ski season, the city has set up a container at the Rio Grande recycling center that accepts ...

Yes! Your Eco Source in Belmont sells eco-friendly products such as refillable household cleaners and personal care soaps and ...