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 ...

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 Derby takeaway was forced to close temporarily after food safety inspectors discovered a prayer mat stored on a surface ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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.

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.

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 ...