Polygreen has launched its “Again, Please” reusable foodware system at WFES, demonstrating scalable alternatives to ...

A proposed project to replace disposable foodware at Hilo food establishments with reusable items needs a little more time in the oven. Zero Waste Hawaii is administering the project in partnership ...

Are you trying to reduce waste but don't know how to do so beyond taking your Hydroflask with you wherever you go? Since food and food packaging create so much waste, it's time to think about how it ...

We all love take-out, but when a flimsy container gives way and spills the contents onto our laps, not so much. When the plastic container is burning hot, not so much. When we see all the litter in ...

Hilo restaurants could start serving food in stainless steel bowls and bento boxes next year. The project was funded in 2023 through a $2.1 million grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, ...

San Rafael is the latest Marin municipality to advance an ordinance that would ban food providers from offering plastic single-use foodware. The City Council voted 4-0 to introduce and waive further ...

As San Mateo County eateries face new laws to curb throwaway plastics, the county is partnering with a new startup to bring reusable takeout cups to local shops. A barista prepares a hot drink in an ...

Maria Flores, owner of Pupuseria Cuzcatlan in Pacoima, arms outstretched, reacts to receiving reusable foodware from the Los Angeles Sanitation and Environment Reusable Foodware Microgrant Program.

Restaurants, cafes and other food-service businesses in unincorporated Marin could soon be required to use foodware that is reusable or compostable, prohibiting single-use plastics. At a public ...

A barista prepares a hot drink in an Okapi Reusables insulated cup. Courtesy Jason Quigley. About 120 billion paper, plastic and foam disposable cups are thrown away each year in the U.S., according ...