What’s the difference between Compostable, Biodegradable and Oxo-degradable?
Eco-packaging terminology can be so confusing. Use this guide to better understand the difference between compostable vs biodegradable and oxo-degradable.
How Direct-to-Consumer Brands Can Adopt a Sustainable Last-Mile
One of the easiest, most cost-effective ways that a brand can go green is by adopting an eco-friendly last mile
5 Tips for Raising Pets More Sustainably
Did you know, just like their human companions, pets can leave a high ecological footprint, or, in this case, a pawprint? TIPA Information and Growth Associate and full-time cat mom, Avital Levy, gives us 5 tips for reducing your pet’s environmental impact.
Celebrate Earth Day Indoors: 5 Items You Already Have In Your Kitchen that will Grow a Home Garden
Writing this post didn’t require leaving home, and starting your own garden doesn’t either! Abundance exists everywhere and anytime, even in these strange days.
Environmental Activists Discuss: What are We Learning from COVID-19?
Daphna Nissenbaum, CEO and co-founder TIPA® Compostable Packaging, Sian Sutherland, co-founder of A Plastic Planet, and David Newman, Managing Director of BBIA (Bio-based and biodegradable Industries Association) sit down with John Higginson to talk about what leaders and activists can learn about taking care of the environment from world reactions to COVID-19.
We’re All in This Together: A Note from CEO Daphna Nissenbaum
As with any challenge, our TIPA® team is using this time to reflect and look toward the future. Our journey towards sustainable packaging began by returning to natural, organic processes like composting. We know that when we go back to basics, we can go back to a healthy Earth.
Going Back to Basics: How to Start Your Home Compost
Go back to basics with step by step instructions on how to start your own home compost!
Composting is one of the world’s most natural recycling systems, and a great way to help turn your food scraps, compostable packaging, paper, or any organic material into nutrient-rich soil.
Waste not, Waste not: Leave Nothing Leftover for the Holidays
Thanksgiving is an amazing opportunity to thank the Earth for what we’re given, and it’s also an amazing opportunity to return the favour. Happy Holidays from TIPA®.
New Global Commitment Report Reveals Progress Towards Eliminating Plastic Pollution
Our planet needs change, and corporations are committing themselves to new standards. Plastic should never become waste or pollution; that’s why TIPA is pleased to be a signatory to the New Plastics Economy Global Commitment.
TIPA Takes the Pledge
TIPA® is proud to announce that the company has joined the New Plastics Economy’s Global Plastics Commitment, led by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation in collaboration with UN Environment, to address plastic waste and pollution at its source.