Discover how Nextloopp is pioneering food-grade rPP recycling in the US, turning packaging waste into a circular resource ...

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The safest materials to eat off of are glass, stainless steel, food-grade silicone, and plastics that are BPA-, phthalate-, and PVC-free. Glass is conveniently see-through and easy to clean ...

Getty Images Superwood is created by chemically treating wood with food-industry chemicals to remove most of its lignin and then compressing the material ... stronger than steel in certain ...

In 2018, Liangbing Hu, a materials scientist at the University of Maryland, devised a way to turn ordinary wood into a material stronger than steel ... treats it with “food industry” chemicals ...