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As scientists explore the threats of microplastics on the environment and public health, some Baltimore-area restaurants hope to reduce their footprints — one compostable container at a time. The ...

As more restaurant companies look to composting as a way to divert waste from landfills, compostable packaging is on the rise. At the NRA Show this year, one clear theme was the increase in disposable ...

If you bought a salad bowl for lunch in a compostable cardboard container, that greener choice may have come with a dash of "forever chemicals" called PFAS — and so do other kinds of paper food ...

ANN ARBOR, MI — Two words: No plastics. Winter curbside compost collection resumes in Ann Arbor on Monday, Jan. 8, and the city has new rules for residents to learn before placing compostable ...