Reusable PP takeaway containers and “Tupperware” food savers would have to be reused three to 39 times and 16 to 208 times, respectively, to become a better option than EPS containers.

So last August, he and two other university students founded, Re³ – pronounced “re-cube” – a start-up that provides reusable food containers that people can borrow when ordering takeaway.

In early 2020, Wallpaper* gave PriestmanGoode a problem: the mass of excess waste produced by food packaging. Its solution was ‘Zero’, a holistic reimagining of the entire takeaway food delivery ...

A billion kilograms of waste from plastic food containers — equivalent in weight to half a million cars — is generated every year in China, according to Yufei Qin, head of the plastic ...

The oyster pail — a folded, waxed paper food container — was patented by Frederick Weeks Wilcox in 1894, and as its name suggests, was originally intended to hold shucked oyster meat. According to The ...

Takeaway food containers, which many of us keep and re-use, tend to be made from this or another type of plastic called polyethylene – or both.

Compostable fast-food containers, designed to be more environmentally friendly than single-use plastic ones, can release toxic per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) into the air, according to ...

Takeaway containers: mandatory charging. For takeaway food and beverages, the guidelines require catering establishments to charge customers for all single-use plastic containers and cups. This ...

Our surroundings, the people we share food with and the design of our tableware - our cups, bowls and plates, cutlery and containers - affect the way we experience food. For example, eating from a ...

The next stage of the ban, which takes in single-use plastic takeaway food container lids and loose produce bags, is expected to save up to an additional 226 million single-use plastics from ...