Shake Shack Tests Biodegradable Cutlery; The Ways The Pandemic’s Off-Premise Surge Have Affected Packaging

Two articles of interest on the packaging and disposable sustainability front:   –Shake Shack announced it is testing biodegradable flatware and straws from Restore Foodware that use polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB). an organic molecule that acts like a plastic but degrades. Newlight Technologies, the parent of Restore Foodware, processes the molecule from ocean microorganisms, turning it into…