Open Source Field Testing for Compostable Foodservice Packaging
"Will They Breakdown at My Compost Facility?" Webinar | 2019 (1 hour)
Video on the Compost Research & Education Foundation YouTube
Field Report: CFTP In-Field Disintegration Testing Results
(for release in 2026 - join our mailing list to be the first to hear when it comes out!)
BioCycle Magazine, January 2025
"Field Test Methods for Compostable Products" McGill, 2025
BioCycle Magazine, November 2024
"Compostable Product Field Testing Public Dataset" McGill, 2024
BioCycle Magazine, 2018
"Open Source Field Testing for Certified Compostable Packaging" McGill & Oshins, 2018
BioCycle Magazine, 2017
"Field Testing Protocol for Compostable Packaging" Strand & McGill, 2017
International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation Journal Publication, 2017
"Disintegration of compostable foodware and packaging and its effect on microbial activity and community composition in municipal composting" Zhang, McGill, Gomez, Carson et al., 2017
Closed Loop Partners, October 2024
Does Compostable Packaging Actually Turn into Compost? Industry Experts Share Insights
Press Release: Compostable Field Testing Program Results-Sharing Website Now Live, October 2024
Do Compostable Products Really Break Down? Compostable Field Testing Program Launches Interactive Website
Press Release: Closed Loop Partners Data Donation Contributes to CFTP Results Database, October 2024
Composting Consortium Releases New Data to Compostable Field Testing Program, Enabling Launch of Database on Compostable Packaging Disintegration, 2024
University of Chicago Data Sciences Institute News, May 2024
Data science clinic students’ work visualizing compostable packaging disintegration data from the compostable field testing program presented at COMPOST2024
Closed Loop Partners Center for the Circular Economy Composting Consortium, April 2024
Does Compostable Packaging Actually Break Down? Composting Consortium Reveals Groundbreaking Findings from Largest Field Test in North America, 2024
Waste360, August 2023
Are Bioplastics Compostable? Part 1 Part 2
Closed Loop Partners Center for the Circular Economy Composting Consortium, January 2023
Closed Loop Partners Joins Forces with U.S. Composters and Composting Industry to Launch Large-Scale In-Field Disintegration Tests for Compostable Packaging, 2023
