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Every day, I pack my son’s lunch. I used to heedlessly throw a bagel into a plastic bag and seal it up. It’s easier for him to use than the many other washable lunch containers out there, which means ...

The average person uses a typical plastic bag for as short a time as 12 minutes before throwing it away, never thinking of where it may end up. Biodegradable plastic bags are marketed as more ...

PepsiCo's Frito-Lay North America division introduced an industrially-compostable bag for select products of its Off The Eaten Path better-for-you snack brand as part of its newly-launched pep+ ...

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