Halifax – The Agri-Food Analytics Lab at Dalhousie University is releasing a second report on the issue of single use plastics in the food industry. The aim of the survey was to understand how the ...

In 2022, a group of scientists published a list of 388 ‘chemicals of concern’ that may be used in products which come into contact with food. Chemicals of concern are substances considered ...

Plastic bags start out as fossil fuels and end up as deadly waste in landfills and the ocean. Birds often mistake shredded plastic bags for food, filling their stomachs with toxic debris. For hungry ...

Their brief? To create new forms of food packaging to replace the unsustainable designs upon which modern life seems to depend: single-use plastic beverage cups, lids, straws, and bottles.

BPA, an industrial chemical used in the production of plastic, is found in a variety of commercial products such as food containers, baby bottles and plastic water bottles. It has been associated ...