Allen King and Steven Levine are trying to change the food service industry, one Spudware spoon at a time. Excellent Packaging & Supply, a small Richmond company started by King and Levine, is carving ...

Rob Lester, director of food and nutrition services at HCA's two-hospital Ocala (FL) Health system, was looking over his cafeteria spreadsheets in early 2008 when he had an epiphany. "I saw where in ...

Goodbye Picnic Plastic: Bamboo-Sugarcane Tableware Biodegrades in 60 Days Once the coronavirus pandemic is over, we’ll be able to picnic for the planet without guilt: Scientists searching for ...

Danimer Scientific, a leading developer and manufacturer of biodegradable materials, and Genpak, the leading manufacturer of quality food packaging, are partnering to create a new line of ...

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced Friday (Feb. 3) that it plans to ban disposable food utensils made of biodegradable plastic. The EPA plans to implement the ...

Scientists have designed a set of "green" tableware made from sugarcane and bamboo that doesn't sacrifice on convenience or functionality and could serve as a potential alternative to plastic cups and ...

The simple brown cardboard box surrounding a Big Mac costs McDonald’s Corp. only pennies. A biodegradable version, by contrast, is costing EarthShell Corp. millions of dollars, not to mention the ...

Bioplastics maker Danimer Scientific will supply thermoforming giant Genpak LLC with material to make biodegradable food containers. In a Nov. 12 news release, officials with both firms said the ...

New Delhi: Taking a leaf out of China's book on standards for agro-based disposable utensils, the government has decided to tighten regulations for food-serving utensils made from agricultural ...