Category:Food Packaging

'Edible' water bottle

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/sep/10/edible-water-bottle-to-cause-a-splash-at-eu-sustainability-awards

Biodegradeable water packaging made from seaweed and new way of dyeing clothes have won joint award for new sustainable products.

“At the end of the day you don’t have to eat it. But the edible part shows how natural it is. People are really enthusiastic about the fact that you can create a material for packaging matter that is so harmless that you can eat it.”

“So many things are wrong about plastic bottles: the time they take to decompose, the amount of energy that goes into making them and the fact we are using more and more.”

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'Zero waste food packaging'

http://www.trueactivist.com/this-zero-waste-grocery-store-has-no-packaging-plastic-or-big-name-brands/

September 2015

... it's being claimed as "The first zero-waste grocery store in the world"