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 ...

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 ...

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

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.

Takeaway food to rise in price due to disposable plastic rules June 21, 2023 The classic broodje kaas, sealed in plastic. Photo: Donald Trung Quoc Don via Wikimedia Commons. New rules on plastic ...

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 ...

Also banned are disposable cups and takeaway food containers made of expanded or foamed extruded polystyrene. Plastic drinking straws are forbidden too, though there are exemptions for people who ...

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 ...

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.