With the topic of climate change on the rise, and statistics revealing that only 30% of Europe's plastic is recycled, the demand among consumers for products and packaging made with sustainable packaging continues to grow.

A growing number of startups are focused on providing containers and food-service items that can stay in circulation for weeks, months or years - and are recyclable at the end of life.

Asian supermarkets use banana leaves instead of plastic packaging for fruits & veggies.

Entries to the international sustainable packaging competition have smashed last year's record by 60%. Packagingeurope.com is sharing the submissions to the 2019 edition of sustainable packaging innovation.

Designer Paula Nerlich developed a type of bioplastic based on aquafaba from chickpeas.

BPA, PET, HDPE. You’re trying to do the right thing by recycling, following health alerts and shopping wisely, but you’re not fluent in molecular chemistry? Here you go.

Cosmetic company Lush says it is the first company to have developed “carbon-positive” packaging.

Scientist Mubarak Ahmad Khan has invented bags made from jute fibre - a longtime crop in Bangladesh - look and feel like plastic.

Saldaña uses waste byproduct to create cellulose fibre that makes the biodegradable, plant-based cling wrap she's developing 12 times stronger.

Bacteria and fungi might conjure up images of diseases and spoiled food, but they also do a lot of good. The billions of microbes in a handful of dead leaves, for example, act as nature's recyclers and regenerate nutrients needed for the next generation of plants to grow.