Compostable Packaging Resources & Guides
Welcome to the Pure Compostables resource library — a working set of in-depth guides written for the people who actually procure, evaluate, and switch to compostable packaging. You’ll find detailed certification breakdowns (BPI, TUV, EN 13432, ASTM D6400 and beyond), step-by-step playbooks for transitioning a business away from conventional plastics, and product selection guides covering bag sizes, materials, and use cases. Every article is written from the perspective of a manufacturer with thirteen years of operating experience — not a marketing team. Use the categories below to navigate by topic, or browse the most recent guides directly. If your question isn’t answered here, our team is happy to help — start with our wholesale page or send us a note via the contact page.
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Can I Compost Baby Wipes?
Short answer: most baby wipes can’t be composted. The conventional ones contain plastic fibers (polyester or polypropylene) that don’t break down. Some genuinely-compostable options exist but are a small fraction of the market. Here’s how to tell which is which and what to do with each.
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6 Best Composting Programs at Major Catering Companies
Major catering companies handle thousands of events per year — corporate lunches, weddings, conferences, college campuses. The biggest of them have built composting programs that handle hundreds of tons of food waste annually. Here are six worth knowing about, and what they actually do.
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The Hot-Desking Kit: Reusable Items Every Modern Worker Needs
Hybrid work and hot-desking changed what employees carry to the office. The pre-2020 setup of one assigned desk with a coffee mug and a personal water bottle doesn’t work when you’re sitting in a different seat every Tuesday. Here’s the modern reusable kit for hot-desking workers.
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Expired Yogurt: Why Composting Dairy Is Tricky
Most home composting guides tell you to keep dairy out of the pile. The reasoning isn’t that dairy can’t decompose — it can — but that the way it decomposes attracts pests and produces strong smells. Here’s the actual nuance, and what to do with the yogurt that just expired in the back of your…
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A Buyer’s Guide to Compostable Mousse Cups
Mousse cups are a tricky category — small, clear-walled containers needed for visible layered desserts and amuse-bouches. Most cafe options have been single-use plastic for decades. Compostable alternatives have caught up; here’s what’s available and how to source it for catering, patisserie, or grab-and-go service.
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15 Compostable Packaging Trends to Watch in the B2B Foodservice Market
The compostable packaging market continues evolving across material science, manufacturing, regulatory, and customer expectations. These 15 trends are reshaping the B2B foodservice compostable packaging landscape.
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Conference Room Meeting Prep Without Disposables
The 2pm cross-functional meeting in the conference room generates a surprising amount of single-use waste — water bottles, disposable coffee cups, individual snack packaging, paper handouts. Most of it is unnecessary. Here’s a practical setup that runs the same meetings without the trash.
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How to Set Up a Composting Program at a Restaurant
Setting up a restaurant composting program is more operationally complicated than people expect. The waste audit, hauler selection, bin layout, staff training, and contamination management each take real work. Here’s the playbook for restaurants ready to do it properly.
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The Basics of Methane From Food Waste
Food waste in landfills decomposes anaerobically and produces methane — a greenhouse gas roughly 80x more potent than CO2 over 20 years. Understanding the methane-from-food-waste cycle is foundational to understanding why composting matters as a climate intervention. Here’s the science and the math.
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How to Pitch Compostables to Conservative Restaurant Owners
If you’re a sales rep, sustainability consultant, or staff member trying to convince a skeptical restaurant owner to switch to compostable foodware, leading with environmental arguments is usually the wrong move. Here’s a sales playbook that actually works on owners who think ‘sustainability’ is a millennial fad.
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A Compostable Notebook With Seed-Embedded Pages
Seed paper notebooks turn the end of a notebook’s life into the start of a plant’s life. The pages contain embedded wildflower or vegetable seeds. When you’re done with the notebook, you tear out a page, plant it, water it, and a few weeks later you have basil or marigolds where the page used to…
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Compostable New Year’s Confetti That Doesn’t Hurt Streets
The mountain of plastic confetti generated by New Year’s Eve celebrations and other big events is one of those waste problems hiding in plain sight. Compostable alternatives exist and work — paper, dried petals, leaves, or biodegradable specialty confetti. Here’s how to switch.