After striking a grand compromise over plastic packaging in 2022, lawmakers are back at the negotiating table with another proposed ban. The food industry, however, is calling for patience while ...

Inside your refrigerator and pantry, plastic is everywhere. There’s plastic wrap, storage bags and bins, clamshell takeout containers, beverage bottles, and condiment tubs, of course. Plastics ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. (The Hill) — Plastic food packaging contains ...

Rising temperatures and changing lifestyles, especially the growth in food delivery, have prompted the Centre to plan a major ...

Plastic food packaging, especially single-use containers, is a growing problem for the food industry. According to the UN Environment Program, 460 million tons of plastic is generated each year ...

Food waste has long been reviled as an immoral, largely preventable feature of our consumer society. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news updates. An estimated 4.7 million tons of ...

What if expiration dates could tell us more than when something goes bad? Scientists have found that dates on plastic food and beverage packaging can serve as markers of the Anthropocene, a period in ...

(The Hill) — Plastic food packaging contains chemicals that disrupt the endocrine system — and that can leach into food, a new study has found. Once there, these chemicals can mimic — or disrupt — the ...