Non-compostable PLU stickers hinders the organics recycling process and diminishes the quality of the resulting compost. Credit: Zety Akhzar/Shutterstock. Fresh-produce industry representatives and ...

Keen gardener Rachel Wilson maintains four compost bins in her back yard. The end product is a lovely soil she uses to nourish her vegetable garden. But while digging the compost into the soil, Wilson ...

What began as a marketing flourish in the early 20th century has become a quiet backbone of modern grocery retail.

In the three decades since it was first introduced, the plastic, coin-sized sticker you see on fruit and vegetables has become a staple of modern agriculture, imparting essential information about the ...

You’re going for a hike this weekend and you need a portable, healthy snack. As you do your normal grocery run, you grab a delicious banana from the rack. To pay for the banana, you scan a produce ...

The B.C. municipality of Summerland wants to peel off non-compostable stickers on fruits and vegetables permanently. Called price lookup codes, the small, ubiquitous stickers are stuck on many types ...

Composting food waste is the next step for cities hungry to reach recycling goals and reroute organic matter back to the soil instead of landfills and incinerators. Compostable plastics are making the ...

Some 137.5 million of the stickers have already been taken off fruit and vegetables and others will go over the next 12 months. They have previously been seen as essential in helping shoppers and ...