Lauren Murphy is a writer and environmentalist based in the Pacific Northwest. She holds a degree in Environmental Sciences from Western Washington University. Compostable plates are eco-friendly ...

If you didn’t know that Wasara plates are meant to be thrown away, you wouldn’t want to let them go. Designed to be elegant and beautiful, Wasara plates are compostable and disposable. But there’s a ...

We’re told repeatedly not to use single-use plastics or create waste by using throwaway dishes, but that might not be true anymore. Mobi Ecoware is a new and eco-friendly disposable plate you can ...

It’s time to say goodbye to paper plates and other common sources of organic waste and hello to products that break down as ...

Entertain without the eco-guilt. Hosting can be one of life's greatest joy—and also create a lot of waste. Single-use utensils, empty bottles, and used cups often end up in bulging trash bags, doomed ...

The Miami-Dade County public school system is saying so long to an environmentally unfriendly menace: Styrofoam. Instead, the district is rolling out compostable plates. “Our district has been working ...

Six of the largest school districts in the country have banded together to revamp school lunches — and they're starting from the plate up. School administrators in New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, ...