Category: Foodware
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NGO Coalition Wants Ban on Plastic Cups, Confetti, FireWorks, Tea Bags
A group of NGOs wants additional plastic applications to be banned in the NL
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McDonalds Testing Reusable Tableware
McDonald’s is testing reusable tableware in France
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Novolex Starts Production Bioplastic Cups in US
Novolex Launches New U.S. Manufacturing Line to Make Compostable Cups from Plant-Based Plastic
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Greiner and Borealis Partner on Circular Cups (FREE)
Greiner Packaging produces first cup prototypes made of Bornewables™ – a portfolio of premium polyolefins designed for circularity by Borealis.
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French Consultation on Plastic Content for Cups
This consultation concerns the draft decree relating to the maximum plastic content authorized in single-use plastic cups
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Australia MP on Compostable Cutlery
There’s a need for leadership on compostable packaging
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California Cafe Goes Beyond Compostable Cups
This coffee house is replacing compostable cups with a new concept
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Picup Biodegradable Plantable Cups
Polish Startup Picup Launches Europe’s First 100% Biodegradable Plantable Coffee & Tea Cups
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PFAS Contamination of Plant Based Straws
Characterization of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in commercially-available plant-based drinking straws
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Starbucks to End Disposable Cups in South Korea
Starbucks to End Disposable Cup Use in South Korea by 2025
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Mitsubishi Forzea is First Bioplastics for Cutlery in Japan
Mitsubishi Chemical’s FORZEAS™ Will Be Japan’s 1st Biodegradable Polymer Used to Manufacture Cutlery
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Paper Straws Charter of Trust
Initiative to promote paper drinking straws
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Plant Based Ocean Compostable Bioplastics from Maine
Maine entrepreneur develops new bioplastics
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Aldi Replaces Plastic Straws Paper
Across Aldi’s own-label Juice Cartons and Real Fruit Kids Smoothies
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Ricoh Advanced Foamed PLA (FREE)
Japanese Company Ricoh launches the most advanced and performant foamed PLA.
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Guam Goes Bioplastics Until 2022
Public hearing on food containers
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New IoT Machine Sorts and Washes SUP Cups
South Korean Startup Builds SUP Cup Sorting and Washing Machine with IoT
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Paper vs PLA Straws in China
Straws are a hot topic in China; here’s an open debate about paper vs PLA straws
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Nestle Goes Bio Based Lids and Scoops
Nestlé launches bio-based lids and scoops made from renewable resource
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World Centric Unveils Compostable Molded Fiber Cutlery
World Centric® Unveils Breakthrough Compostable Molded Fiber Cutlery
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Guam Goes Phade Straws
Circle K introduces biodegradable drinking straws in Guam
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First Recyclable and Compostable Monomaterial Paper Cup
Earth Cup ® is the 1 er monomaterial paper cup WITHOUT a PE liner, which is recyclable and suitable for…
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Compostable Cup Wins Worldstar Packaging Award 2021
Cardbox Packaging Awarded At Worldstar Packaging Award 2021
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Bioplastic Tableware at Columbia University During Covid
What was the impact of the pandemic crisis on the use of compostable tableware at the university of Columbia NY?
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Lessons Learned from Using Reusable Cups
Closed Loop Partners Releases Groundbreaking Report on the Pathway to Scale for Reusable Packaging Models
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Dunkin Donuts Straws Will Biodegrade Anywhere
The plant-based straw, manufactured by WinCup, will biodegrade anywhere, whether it’s composted or not
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Summary Plastic Bans in France
Here’s a list of the plastic items that will be banned in France from 2020 to 2026
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China Increases Production of Biodegradable Materials
Hainan increases production of eco-friendly alternative for plastic
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UK First Plastic Free Lidless Disposable Cup
UK’s First Plastic-free Lidless Disposable Cup Launches
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KFC Goes Bamboo and Sugar Cane Cutlery
KFC Canada announced today that select restaurants will begin testing a new fibre-based ‘spork’ in December. Once the piece of…
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Paper Cups Are Carcinogenic
25,000 particles of plastic in a cuppa: Drinking tea or coffee from paper cups may raise risk of cancer from…
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PHA Straws for Fast Food Industry
Danimer Scientific and Eagle Beverage to Produce Biodegradable Drinking Straws for Quick Service Restaurants.
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Bioplastic Company Launches Wooden Cutlery and Stirrers
Why would a Bioplastic Company launch Wooden Cutlery and Stirrers?
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New Bamboo Sugarcane Tableware
Bamboo-Sugarcane Tableware Biodegrades in 60 Days
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Captured Carbon Straws on CNN
CNN Video on Captured Carbon Straws. The Americans are one step ahead of Europeans.
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Bioplastic Tableware Harms Marine Animals
Article published in Science Daily. Research also reveals that bioplastics do not degrade rapidly in a marine environment
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Bioplastic Company Keeps Advertising SUP
One bioplastic company has taken a different marketing route than the rest of the world. They’re still promoting (bio)plastic single…
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Sugar Cane Coffee Lid Worse Carbon Footprint than Polystyrene
LCA reveals sugar cane coffee lids have far worse carbon footprint than polystyrene coffee lids. I was impressed by the…
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Stora Enso Alternative to Plastic Food Bowls
Stora Enso and Tingstad launch unique formed fiber food service bowls to replace plastics
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Dunkin Goes PHA Straws
Dunkin’ Tests Biodegradable Straws at Select Stores Across the U.S.
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England Plastic Straws Ban Starts Today
A ban on single-use plastic straws, stirrers and cotton buds has come into force in England.
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Straws, Forks and Bags Made From Methane
These carbon-negative, ocean-degradable straws and forks are made from greenhouse gases
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Reusable Biobased Cutlery
Akvila Cutlery’s reusable Nature Line is made of UPM Formi EcoAce – a sustainable material for replacing single use plastics
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Starbucks Goes Strawless Lids
As part of the company’s efforts to phase out plastic straws worldwide, a recyclable, strawless lid is the new standard…
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Reusable PHA Plates
Usable Packaging project reaches new milestone with first practical application of bio-based compostable product – Spanish family enjoys meals using…
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McDonalds UK Goes Reusable Cups
On Wednesday, McDonald’s Corporation has announced a global partnership with TerraCycle’s circular packaging service, Loop, to test a new reusable…
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Biobased Innovation Challenge by Air France
Innovation Challenge by Air France : Champagne & Wine Glasses single use plastic alternatives
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How to Fast Track Use of Compostable Cups?
How to Fast track Use of Compostable Cups?
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Indonesia Reusable Cup Rental Service
Cupkita will enable Jakartans to avoid single-use cups in a city that generates up to 2,400 tonnes of plastic trash…
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McDonalds Bans Straws in China
Global fast-food giant McDonald’s announced it would be phasing out of plastic straws in China. The move is estimated to…
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Germany Bans SUP Straws and Food Containers
Germany is banning the sale of single-use plastic straws, cotton buds and food containers, bringing it in line with a…
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ASDA Stops Plastic Cutlery
Asda removes over 24.5 million plastic forks from salads in a bid to tackle plastic pollution
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Dunkin Switches PS Cups for Paper
Dunkin’ shares progress on key sustainability initiatives and sets goal to open 1,000th DD Green Achievement™ restaurant by the end…
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Bubble Tea Goes for Mitsubishi BioPBS
Coffee and tea are common beverage products for people nowadays.
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Washington Students Propose Plastic Straw Ban
City Council plans to discuss the issue; no date set yet.
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Starbucks Trials BioPBS Cups
On its journey to develop a more recyclable and compostable hot cup solution by 2022, Starbucks announced today details for…
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Starbucks Bans Reusable Cups Because of Coronavirus
Starbucks branches have temporarily banned reusable cups in response to the coronavirus outbreak.
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Reusable Recyclable Aluminum Cups for Super Bowl
While the focus on the field at Super Bowl LIV will rightfully be the San Francisco 49ers and Kansas City…
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NextGen Begins Sustainable Cup Pilot in San Francisco
Local cafes join the Consortium’s efforts to advance reusable, recyclable and/or compostable cup solutions in select pilots
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McDonalds and Starbucks Start Reusable Cups Pilot Program
What if coffee cups could be reused instead of thrown out? That’s what Starbucks and McDonald’s are betting on, with…
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Merlo Coffee To Convert Million Cups Into Compost
Queensland icon, Merlo Coffee, has turned up the heat on its goal of saving more than 3 million Merlo takeaway…
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Be Careful with Bamboo Tableware
Fashionable but not trivial, bamboo-based cookware or tableware could release toxic substances into your food.
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The Journey Behind the Sulapac Straw
For startups, a massive product launch is much like running for the Olympics.
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Lavazza and Kotkamills Partner To Produce Cups
Kotkamills, a manufacturer of fully recyclable barrier boards, has signed a significant collaboration agreement with Lavazza Professional.
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Seaweed Straws Leader Supported by Venture Capital
LOLIWARE, the world’s leading seaweed-based material technology company replacing plastics, announced the close of a $6MM financing round, led by…
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PLA Straws Take 100s of Years to Naturally Biodegrade
Charleston’s citywide single-use plastic regulations are now in effect, and a local company is selling a new straw to help…
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Biodegradable Cutlery Ecopak in Pakistan
A year ago, Sameed Anis entered the food-packaging business but something just didn’t sit right with his conscience: distributing plastic…
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Compostable and Wooden Cutlery Worse For the Environment than Plastic
Race to find alternatives leads to rise in items creating more greenhouse gases.
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Plates from Banana Waste
A gastronomy student and agro-industry analyst in Fortaleza, Brazil have developed a biodegradable dish made from banana crop residues.
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Turtle Straws Sold 2 Million Biodegradable Straws
THE founder of a biodegradable drinks straw company has celebrated selling two million straws.
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Ukrainian Startup Launches Bioplastics Straws
Ukrainian startup Yes Straws has launched biodegradable, single-use drinking straws made from cane stems.
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San Francisco Stops Using Disposable Coffee Cups
A new cafe culture is brewing in the San Francisco area, where a growing number of coffee houses are banishing…
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Vegware Adopts a Polar Bear
A heartfelt Thank You to all Vegware customers who purchased our polar bear Christmas cups this year.
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Blue Bottle Coffee Company Stops Using Plastic and Paper Cups
Blue Bottle is putting an end to its plastic and paper cups, the Oakland company announced Monday.
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The Wincup PHA Phade Straw Video
WinCup President Michael Winters and COO Brad Laporte introduce their “phade” straws, an environmentally-conscious alternative to plastic and paper straws.
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Stora Enso and Sulapac Find First Customers for their Biocomposite Straws
Sulapac and Stora Enso launch a renewable and microplastic-free straw to combat the global problem of plastic waste. The straw…
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Oldest Tequila Company Launches Straws Made from Agave
First Family of Tequila Launches “The Agave Project” to continue its development of new technologies and traditional-plastic alternatives using its…
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Air New Zealand Trials Edible Coffee Cups
Air New Zealand has begun trialling vanilla-flavoured edible coffee cups for customers in the air in a bid to reduce…
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Straws Made From Mango Peel
Biodegradable straw made from mango peel wins first prize in university science fair and offers an eco-friendly solution to the…
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Eat Your Bowl to Reduce Plastic Pollution says CNN
Food packaging is filling up landfills and polluting our oceans, where materials like plastic and polystyrene can take centuries to…
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Unocup Reinvents the Plastic Cup
In 2015, inspired by the amount of trash brought by our daily coffee consumption, Co-founder Tom Chan came up with…
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100% Biodegradable Pasta Straws to Help the Planet
The mythical plastic straw will soon disappear in bars and restaurants. One billion plastic straws are used every day in…
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California Resident Develops Biodegradable Drinking Cup
Imagine a lightweight travel mug that keeps the original taste of a beverage, with no aftertaste of plastic, metal or…
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Researchers Create First PHA Straws
The Polymers and Advanced Materials Group of the Universitat Jaume I in collaboration with the Laboratory of New Materials and…
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Plastic Ban Increase Demand for Biodegradable Cutlery in Jaipur
The growing awareness on single-use plastic and its use has increased the demand for biodegradable disposable cutlery across the city.
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First Coffee Cup Recycling Scheme in Wales
Swansea residents and visitors will see orange bins pop up across the city as the first coffee-cup recycling scheme in…
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NBA Stadiums Start Replacing Plastic Cups with Recyclable Aluminium Cups
Ball Corporation and Kroenke Sports & Entertainment today announced that Ball’s infinitely recyclable aluminum cup will soon be available to…
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Danimer Scientific and UrthPact Launch New Compostable Straw
UrthPact expands line of compostable single-use straws with marine degradable options using Danimer Scientific’s Nodax™ PHA material
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IKEA Israel Removes All Single-Use Plastics Tableware and Bags from Stores
Furniture giant announced last year it was removing all disposable items from its stores, worldwide.
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Indian Company makes Biodegradable Plates From Leaves
Vistaraku, a company based in India, makes biodegradable plates and bowls from the leaves of the Palash tree.
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100% Biodegradable Tableware That Will Turn into Soil in 90 Days
Eco-friendly products that look good and are useful.
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What About Cutlery Made From Grains?
Food blogger reviews grain-based single-use spoon.
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Charging for SUP Coffee Cups Increases Use of Reusable Cups
Selling disposable cups separately instead of offering discounts for reusables can significantly increase the number of people choosing the more…
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Bioplastics Are No Substitute For Reusable Utensils
A few days ago, I found myself armpit-deep in a compost bin on the bottom floor of Martin Luther King…
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The 4 Truths of PLA Straws
Whether it be part of legislation or conservation efforts, many brands are switching from plastic to a sustainable alternative, often…
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WinCup Launches New Line of Biodegradable Straws
WinCup is launching a new line of straws and stirrers made from Danimer Scientific’s Nodax polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA).
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The Winners of The Cup Fund of Starbucks
12 Winners of the Cup Fund Chosen to Boost Paper Cup Recycling Across the U.k., Diverting 420 Tonnes of Waste…
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Juice Bar Turns Orange Peels Instantly Into Bioplastic Cups
circular economy is all about designing out waste and pollution. with this in mind, carlo ratti has developed an experimental…
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Scottish Government To Tax Coffee Cups
Three articles to summarise the situation regarding beverage cups in Scotland. Published in chronological order.
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Biodegradable Straws Now Available at County Stores
Aroostook county, Maine – A local grocery store chain is the latest to join the effort to reduce the amount…
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ENI Seeks Injunction Against Bioplastics News: Independent Journalism Under Pressure
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Covestro CEO Attempts to Speak Italian with His Hands
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