Hosting can be one of life's greatest joy—and also create a lot of waste. Single-use utensils, empty bottles, and used cups often end up in bulging trash bags, doomed for decades in the landfill. One ...

The Miami-Dade County public school system is saying so long to an environmentally unfriendly menace: Styrofoam. Instead, the district is rolling out compostable plates. “Our district has been working ...

WATERVILLE — The Huhtamaki fiber plant is the first in the nation to manufacture compostable lunch trays and recently entered a contract with six of the largest school districts in the United States ...

Edmonton's annual Heritage Festival is reducing its carbon footprint. An estimated 350,000 people are expected to make their way to William Hawrelak Park over the August long weekend to take in the ...

Six of the largest school districts in the country have banded together to revamp school lunches — and they're starting from the plate up. School administrators in New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, ...

We’re told repeatedly not to use single-use plastics or create waste by using throwaway dishes, but that might not be true anymore. Mobi Ecoware is a new and eco-friendly disposable plate you can ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. School lunches may be healthier than when you were a kid, but the wasteful and ...

On January 1, Berkeley, California rang in the New Year by putting a new rule in place requiring all cafés and restaurants to start charging 25 cents for disposable cups. The cups, in addition to lids ...

This week we’re thrilled to bring you the latest installment of our Packaging the Future compost tests, where we break down the real-life biodegradability of eco packaging. Although I started this ...