Packaging & Sustainability

7+ hour, 40+ min ago   (39+ words) shawangunkjournal.com What If We Stopped Treating Food Waste Like Garbage? There is something magical about watching food waste become soil. I would know, because I’ve been doing it in my...

2+ hour, 28+ min ago   (773+ words) For food companies, identifying an emerging opportunity is only the first step. Turning it into a product that consumers will buy – and that can be produced, regulated and supplied at scale – is a much harder proposition. That is becoming increasingly…...

12+ hour, 54+ min ago   (242+ words) Up to 40% of fresh produce harvested globally never makes it to the consumer’s plate — and in industrialised nations, post-harvest losses hover stubbornly between 10% and 20%. The culprit isn’t poor harvests or bad weather: it’s what happens after picking. Spoilage, mishandling, and…...

15+ hour, 56+ min ago   (359+ words) Food scraps on their way to be composted; many of these items could have been prevented. VERMONT — Gov. Phil Scott has proclaimed Sept. 28 through Oct. 4 as Food Waste Prevention Week in Vermont. With the Governor’s proclamation, Vermont joins more than…...

15+ hour, 50+ min ago   (309+ words) During the Halloween season, some consumers went to the store and bought a bag of Reese's Peanut Putter Pumpkins. The packaging featured pictures of pumpkin-shaped Reese's peanut butter cups, with jack-o-lantern faces carved onto the front of them. Next to…...

12+ hour, 56+ min ago   (487+ words) Farmers, processing plants and haulers are awaiting new regulations for spreading food processing residuals on farm land. While such rules could increase paperwork, many in the industry aren’t against the changes, and still others encourage engagement in the process, wanting…...

13+ hour, 58+ min ago   (445+ words) STERLING HEIGHTS — Are Sterling Heights residents interested in saving their apple cores, coffee grounds or unused leftovers and disposing them in an environmentally friendly manner? That’s the question a new food-scrap composting effort will gauge as the city continues pursuing…...

9+ hour, 57+ min ago   (203+ words) WEST HARTFORD, CT — A group of Hall High School students is asking West Hartford residents to share their thoughts and habits surrounding food waste as part of a local sustainability research project. The students have spent several months studying food…...

14+ hour, 36+ min ago   (972+ words) I’d never considered myself part of the trendsetter crowd, but circumstance and timing put my brother Kevin and I into that mix more than 50 years ago when we started a beer can collection. The circumstance happened to be the opening…...

20+ hour, 53+ min ago   (768+ words) Temperature remains one of the most important factors determining the rate at which poultry deteriorates after processing. Even when hygienic procedures are effective, microorganisms can continue to multiply during refrigerated storage. Lowering the product temperature therefore provides an additional control…...