With our oceans overflowing with waste, many of us do our best to recycle. But what if we didn’t have to? What if packaging could be biodegradable, or even edible? Well, thanks to startup company ...

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The British government has just unveiled a far-reaching ban on single-use plastic to combat a worsening pollution problem. Much of the plastic discarded by the public winds up in rivers, streams and ...

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Jakarta food and beverages retailer Ong Tek Tjan sells ice cream in cups his customers can eat afterwards, instead of throwing away - they are made from seaweed and taste like ...

The edible packaging market is projected to take a bigger bite out of single-use plastic sales in the coming years. Which packaging innovations – fit for human consumption – are turning heads? Just a ...

Sustainable packaging start-up Notpla has closed a £10 million Series A financing round, led by Horizons Ventures. Founded in 2014 by Rodrigo Garcia Gonzalez and Pierre-Yves Paslier, Notpla develops ...

A Lucozade Ribena Suntory-backed plastic-free packaging innovation has been granted an unspecified amount in government funding by Innovate UK – the UK government’s innovation agency. Manufactured by ...

Prince William awarded five Earthshot Prizes of $1.2 million on Friday to fund climate innovation. Notpla, one of this year's winners, uses seaweed to produce "naturally biodegradable" packaging. The ...

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 ...

Ever since the city where I live added food waste composting to our regular curbside trash and recycling bins, I've had this minor obsessive question. Why can't more of our packaging be made of new ...