Fresh produce growers and exporters are worried that proposed restrictions on plastic packaging regulations advancing globally will have tremendous consequences on food safety and waste, and are ...

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Scientists are increasingly blunt about a habit that once felt harmless: heating leftovers in plastic. As research on ...

Many common kitchen items contain hidden plastics or plastic-like materials, from coatings to linings to microplastic ...

Kristin Hostetter is the Head of Sustainability at Outside Interactive, Inc. and the resident sustainability columnist on Outside Online. Hostetter has worked as a journalist in the outdoor industry ...

CHICAGO — Kellanova is reducing the amount of plastic used in the packaging of some of its popular snack brands (Cheez-It Snap’d, Cheez-It Puff’d and Club Crisps) compared to the same volume last year ...

The packaging industry enters 2026 under regulatory and sustainability pressures after a year of smart and bio-based ...

Shoppers have a contradictory relationship with plastic food packaging. On the one hand, we have witnessed a massive public backlash against plastic pollution. On the other, we recognise the need to ...

A class of chemicals commonly used in plastic food containers and cosmetic products may have caused about 10 percent of the United States’ preterm births in 2018, according to a study from ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Daniela De Lorenzo is a Oslo-based reporter covering sustainability. Designing products to be treated through sustainable, ...