Like it or not, plastic packaging has become an ingrained part of the food system. While it's clearly wasteful to buy salad, sandwiches and chips encased in plastic and then promptly throw that ...

Ingredients present in food packaging can leach into the food. Depending on the materials used, ingredients can leach contaminants that may cause serious health problems. These food packaging ...

“Plastic waste is one of the biggest global environmental and human health issues we face today—an issue being driven by a linear, single-use consumption model,” says Alessandro Manfredi, global ...

We may soon be finishing off a box of cereal and then eating the bag it came in. Researchers have turned to bacteria-produced cellulose to create a composite packaging material to replace plastic. The ...