Repetitive manual tasks can slow operations on a food processing company’s packaging line, which can lead to decreased ...

A group of chemicals known as PFAS does a fine job when food needs to be packaged, resisting grease and water. But the so-called “forever chemicals” don’t break down in the environment and can leach ...

In 1938, a 27-year-old chemist named Roy Plunkett stumbled across a new type of chemical, one with a bond so strong it would end up sticking around long after he died—in fact, almost forever. Today, ...

When 2025 began, packaging experts agreed that the number one trend in their industry this year would be sustainable materials, ranging from biodegradable and compostable packaging to eco-friendly ...

Six empty brown paper fry boats arranged next to each other in a grid formation. Credit: William Ludwig/C&EN/Getty In the 1960s, E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, the company that popularized ...

It’s become increasingly difficult to ignore the impact waste and carbon emissions are having on the climate, from changing weather patterns to rising sea levels. While many countries across the globe ...

Thousands of chemicals used in food packaging and food production are leaching into food itself. “It’s [from] your soda can, your plastic cooking utensils, your nonstick frying pan, the cardboard box ...

Alarming levels of dangerous chemicals known as PFAS were discovered in food packaging at a number of well-known fast-food and fast-casual restaurants and grocery store chains, a new report found. The ...

For the most part, there's no need to develop new grocery packaging for ecommerce to enable modern picking robots to grip reliably. Those are the findings of a study that TGW Logistics carried out ...

Certain kinds of greaseproofing “forever” chemicals called per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, will no longer be used in food packaging in the US, the US Food and Drug Administration ...