Home compostable packaging: progress but not a silver bullet
Read the full story at Biocycle. See also: Kachook, O. (2026). SPC research into home composting behaviors and packaging. Sustainable Packaging Coalition. Americans experience a paradox when it comes to food waste. Nearly seven in ten…
Read the full story at Biocycle. See also: Kachook, O. (2026). SPC research into home composting behaviors and packaging. Sustainable Packaging Coalition. Americans experience a paradox when it comes to food waste. Nearly seven in ten feel guilty throwing food scraps into the trash, yet the vast majority continue the practice regularly. This tension between environmental consciousness and actual behavior reveals a more systemic problem that extends directly to the viability of home compostable packaging as a waste mitigation solution.
