Whether you are stocking up on a favorite item or are an avid home baker who needs a better way to keep slouching, dusty bags of flour tidy in the pantry, bulk food storage containers can help. The ...

The beige bucket passed out by the city of Portland for collecting food scraps is benign enough, but not exactly a decor statement. The oblong pail is intended as a way station between kitchen and ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors ...

One of the many reasons why I love the University of Massachusetts is the school’s dedication to being a sustainable community. One of the ways in which UMass practices sustainability is by providing ...

An investigation by The New Food Economy shows that compostable takeout containers are made with a potentially dangerous chemical that doesn't break down. In the investigation, The New Food Economy ...

Harvard University Dining Services will no longer offer disposable to-go containers but will replace them with a reusable alternative that students can check out like library books, the school ...

Composting biodegradable food containers cuts the amount of trash that gets sent to a landfill. But the practice may serve up some unintended consequences for human health. That’s because the items ...

On January 1, Berkeley, California rang in the New Year by putting a new rule in place requiring all cafés and restaurants to start charging 25 cents for disposable cups. The cups, in addition to lids ...

ANN ARBOR, MI — New limitations on what’s accepted in Ann Arbor’s compost stream have the University of Michigan now sending its compost to Wixom. As of January, UM is having the bulk of its ...