This year, the packaging industry will be subject to a host of new regulations designed to tackle waste, encourage sustainability, and ensure consumer safety.

A new type of alternative styrofoam is available ... Other innovators are using rice crop byproducts to make eco-friendly packaging material that utilizes agricultural waste while eliminating ...

Sustainable packaging has become much more than a passing trend — it’s an expectation from consumers across all demographics ...

A version of this story appears in the August 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine. Around tables strewn with Exacto knives, bowls, cutting boards, tape, funnels, and bags of hemp powder ...