{"id":6702,"date":"2019-11-21T08:19:04","date_gmt":"2019-11-21T05:19:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africasustainabilitymatters.com\/?p=6702"},"modified":"2026-01-11T05:30:42","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T05:30:42","slug":"grass-packaging-new-eco-alternative-to-plastic-packaging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/2019\/11\/21\/grass-packaging-new-eco-alternative-to-plastic-packaging\/","title":{"rendered":"Grass Packaging: New Eco-Alternative To Plastic Packaging"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>By\u00a0Luana Steffen<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Scientists&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/uk-wales-50394607\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">have found<\/a>&nbsp;that\ngrass, wheat straw, and corn stalks could be used to make alternatives to\nplastic packaging. The materials are compostable, and farmers currently produce\nit in large quantities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As single-use plastic becomes unfashionable, individuals are\nmore conscious about how they can reduce their use of plastic. At the same\ntime, organizations are taking steps to provide people with eco-friendly\noptions.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.stylist.co.uk\/life\/grass-packaging-eco-friendly-alternative-single-use-plastic-pollution\/324772\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">For example<\/a>, Waitrose reported that it would roll out\nplastic-free refilling stations, and The Body Shop has adopted a recycling\nscheme. Additionally, the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.intelligentliving.co\/90-drop-single-use-bags-uk-5p-fee\/\">5p\nplastic bag fee<\/a>&nbsp;in supermarkets has proven somewhat successful with a\nsignificantly lower number of bag sales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2018, 42 UK supermarkets signed up to the UK Plastics\nPact. The pact is an industry-wide initiative to transform packaging and reduce\navoidable plastic waste.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.intelligentliving.co\/grass-packaging-new-eco-alternative-plastic-packaging\/\">Read\nmore\u2026 <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By\u00a0Luana Steffen Scientists&nbsp;have found&nbsp;that grass, wheat straw, and corn stalks could be used to make alternatives to plastic packaging. The materials are compostable, and farmers currently produce it in large&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":6703,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[101],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6702","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6702"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6702\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}