Perdue Farms will start packaging some of its meat products in a more earth-friendly way with compostable foam made of cornstarch that disintegrates under running water. The company said the new ...

There’s just something…weird about foam packaging, technically called polystyrene. You know what I mean - the white, squishy, tough, noisy, and seemingly ubiquitous material used to hold everything ...

Kristyna Wentz-Graff / OPB Restaurants, food carts and other vendors in Oregon would be banned from serving meals in plastic foam containers under a bill state Senators approved on Monday. Four years ...

With the holiday season in full swing, gifts of all shapes and sizes are being shipped around the world. But all that packaging generates lots of waste, including cardboard boxes and plastic-based ...

Foam Cycle, Augusta, New Jersey, a manufacturer of packaging recycling systems, was recently issued a utility patent by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for “method and system of recycling ...

McDonald’s will stop using plastic foam cups, which keep drinks icy cold but make environmentalists red hot, by the end of this year. The world’s largest restaurant operator quietly disclosed the ...

As You Sow, a shareholder advocacy group based in Oakland, California, that promotes social and corporate environmental responsibility, announced Jan. 10 that McDonald’s Corp. has agreed to end the ...

Albany, N.Y. — If you forgot about this, it’s understandable. Back in 2020, when the Covid-19 pandemic was reaching its first, terrible peak in New York, the state Legislature still managed to pass a ...

TEMPE, Ariz., Aug. 27, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In a move that reshapes the local packaging landscape, Foam Packaging Specialties, LLC, a leader in custom foam solutions, has acquired Advanced ...

Emballageteknik has helped Stora Enso adapt its wood-based Papira foam to transport Thorlabs Sweden's sensitive optical and ...