Inside your refrigerator and pantry, plastic is everywhere. There’s plastic wrap, storage bags and bins, clamshell takeout containers, beverage bottles, and condiment tubs, of course. Plastics ...

Ingredients present in food packaging can leach into the food. Depending on the materials used, ingredients can leach contaminants that may cause serious health problems. These food packaging ...

An innovative transparent PVC food packaging film, developed by Brazilian technology companies Braskem and Alpfilm, uses silver-silica nanoparticles, paving the way towards the next-generation ...

Social media can be a powerful force for positive change, especially when it comes to environmental issues. A seemingly perfect example is the drive to stem the tide of single-use plastic, ...

(The Hill) — Plastic food packaging contains chemicals that disrupt the endocrine system — and that can leach into food, a new study has found. Once there, these chemicals can mimic — or disrupt — the ...

Plastic food packaging, especially single-use containers, is a growing problem for the food industry. According to the UN Environment Program, 460 million tons of plastic is generated each year ...

Scientists are increasingly looking at developing ways to replace plastic, particularly in single-use, high volume, disposable applications. Food packaging is one of these areas. Can edible food ...

Melodea Ltd., Rehovot, Israel, a producer of sustainable barrier coatings for packaging, has introduced MelOx NGen, which it describes as a high-performance barrier product engineered to allow for the ...

As a result, plastics must be carefully sorted into relatively pure streams, which pushes up recycling costs and reduces efficiency. Mechanical recycling — the dominant method worldwide — involves ...

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, ...