At package-free stores you bring your own container, weigh it, and fill it with the amount of rice or walnuts or Peanut M&Ms that you want to take home. In the bigger context of the zero-waste movement, do these refilleries actually mean anything?
At the world’s biggest conference on climate change, global leaders tried to make moves for a more sustainable food system.
Alternative “smart” packaging material using biodegradable corn protein, starch, naturally derived biopolymers and nature inspired antimicrobials keeps harmful bacteria and spoilage microorganisms off food and plastic pollution out of the environment
Food waste is a global problem, but the U.S. is a major offender, wasting up to 40% of its food supply each year, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
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