Packaging & Sustainability

9+ hour, 3+ 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…...

19+ hour, 47+ min ago   (276+ words) Sustainability is similarly linked to operational accuracy. Using recyclable materials remains part of the discussion, but manufacturers are also working to reduce scrap, lower ink use, and decrease energy consumption. Improving machine accuracy and minimizing rejects can support those objectives…...

8+ hour, 57+ 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…...

6+ hour, 3+ 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…...

7+ hour, 4+ 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…...

3+ hour, 4+ 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…...

7+ hour, 43+ 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…...

14+ hour 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…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago   (570+ words) A biodegradable film made from rice bran is treated with cold plasma generated by argon gas to develop antimicrobial qualities. Rice bran is a plentiful agricultural byproduct that is often underused, but research out of the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station…...

14+ hour ago   (206+ words) LIVINGSTON, NJ — The Arc of Essex County, a Livingston-based nonprofit that empowers people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, will hold its annual “Uncorked & Uncapped” fundraising event on Thursday, Oct. 1. This year’s fundraiser will take place from 6 to 9 p.m. at…...