New rules are set to tackle this constantly growing source of waste and of consumer frustration. Preventing packaging waste, boosting reuse and refill, and making all packaging recyclable by 2030.

Is it really possible to extract heat from compost to warm your home? A grassroots research network is finding out.

Tel Aviv based material science company is said to have developed the world’s first flexible and fully compostable thermoplastic.

A knife handle matching the food that we use it for, alluding to the negative effects of our ruthless mass consumption of meat.

Discussing the potential benefits of bio-based materials for the packaging industry, the impact of current solutions and some of the main challenges in this field.

Früher war Müll wertlos, heute verwerten wir einen Großteil. Hannover nahm dabei eine Vorreiterrolle ein. Dokumentation einer kleinen Entwicklungsgeschichte.

Home and garden compostable packaging for sustainable chocolate snacks – a success story by "Nucao" and Repaq.

Greenpeace publishes a comprehensive U.S. survey of plastics recyclability and claims and labels on plastic products.

Grease resistant biopolymer coating for fast-food packaging applications.

A Chilean company develops a plastic-like shopping bag that dissolves in water.