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Recent Media: 

The Dirt on Compostable Packaging. Packaging Digest, August 26, 2026

Compostable Product Bills Held Back in California. BioCycle, August 25, 2026

Ep. 224. Rhodes Yepsen: Balancing Food Safety, Sustainability, and Packaging Policy. Food Safety Matters Podcast, August 24, 2026

California compostables bills, opposed by BPI, won't advance. Packaging Dive, Maria Rachal, August 17, 2026

Traditional plastic forks shed harmful microplastics. Plastic created from sugar is an alternative. AP News, Jennifer McDermott, August 10, 2026​

Important Earned Media

Forever Chemicals Are Everywhere. Here’s How to Limit Your Exposure. – Wirecutter, Katie Okamoto and Joe Fassler, July 27, 2026

House subcommittee hears testimony on 2 recycling bills – Recycling Today, Deanne Toto, July 24, 2026

This Is What the Symbols on Your Food-Storage Container Mean – Reader's Digest, Alyssa Sybertz, July 21, 2026

Organic Media

Concerts can be hard on the environment. Rogers Stadium plans to fix that – MSN Canada, Staff, July 30, 2026

What Bulk Buyers Actually Look For In Wholesale Packaging Suppliers – Onya Magazine, Staff, July 29, 2026

Sustainability Solutions – Kitchen & Bath Business, Leslie Clagett, July 29, 2026

Experts warn some home-compostable cups and bags may leave plastic in backyard soil – The Cool Down, James Nanzo, July 18, 2026

What "Commercially Compostable" Actually Means – Green Living Magazine, Staff, June 26, 2026​​

Events

Recent Events (did you see us?)​

July 23: Insights-to-ImPACT Educational Session: From Policy to Performance: Unlocking the Potential of Bioplastics in Packaging Webinar (spoke)​

August 3: IFSCC Monthly Meeting (spoke)

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Upcoming Events (say hello!) ​

August 6: Global Conference on Sustainable Plastics (speaking)​

August 30-September 2: California Resource Recovery Association Conference (sponsoring)​

September 15-17: See Change (attending)​

September 20-27: NYC Climate Week (attending)​

September 28-30: SPC Advance 2026 (presenting)​

October 14-15: 2026 BPI Summit (hosting)​
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Learn More

Why California’s Next Compostable Packaging Bill Could Stall SB 1383This report supports the idea that Conventional plastic is the problem in compost, not compostable products. - BioCycle, Juliana Beecher and Paula Luu, May 18, 2026

• Compostable products like pre-checkout bags link California’s organic waste diversion goals with its plastic packaging diversion goals. San Francisco’s recent analysis of 440 fragments of post-composting residual plastic film found only a single compostable plastic fragment, the rest were conventional plastic.

Microplastic Persistence and Environmental Impact of Biodegradable vs. Non-Biodegradable Polymers - HYDRA Marine Science, Christian Lott and Miriam Weber

• This framework shows microplastic persistence and environmental impact for biodegradable vs. non-biodegradable polymers, and the importance of understanding the full value of encouraging the adoption of compostable and biodegradable polymers, even when they are not composted.

Residual biodegradable microplastics derived from compostable packaging under large-scale industrial composting fully degrade in soil - Bioresource Technology, Coulibaly et al., July 2026

• This recent study funded by the French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety that supports the connection between disintegration and biodegradation testing required in compostability specifications.

ReFED's Catalytic Grant Fund Bets on Composting Infrastructure - BioCycle, Paula Luu, June 16, 2026

PlantSwitch Lands $17 Million to Replace Plastic at the 2027 World Cup - Forbes, Zoya Hasan, May 22, 2026

Closed Loop Partners’ Center for the Circular Economy’s Composting Consortium 5-year impact report: Reporting on half a decade of composting industry impact - April 22, 2026

The Composter Podcast: Ryan Green from Happy Trash Can on Public Private Partnerships