News and Press Releases
![UrthPact Launches New Disposable, Home Compostable Black Straw for Use in All Food Service Venues](https://www.urthpact.com/wp-content/uploads/compostable-black-straws-applebees-400x284.jpg)
UrthPact Launches New Disposable, Home Compostable Black Straw for Use in All Food Service Venues
Leominster, MA. (July 5, 2022): UrthPact – the leader in compostable foodservice ware manufacturing, ... read more
![There’s No Ignoring It – Why It’s Time to Satisfy the Sustainable Consumer](https://www.urthpact.com/wp-content/uploads/satisfy-the-sustain-able-consumer-400x284.jpg)
There’s No Ignoring It – Why It’s Time to Satisfy the Sustainable Consumer
Sustainability. A concept that we have focused on constantly for the past decade. We’ve consistently ... read more
![Hawaii Says Goodbye to Conventional Plastic Straws and Aloha to UrthPact’s New Home-Compostable Straws!](https://www.urthpact.com/wp-content/uploads/HKT-PR-Image-400x284.jpg)
Hawaii Says Goodbye to Conventional Plastic Straws and Aloha to UrthPact’s New Home-Compostable Straws!
HONOLULU & LEOMINSTER, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--There’s a new drinking straw coming to Hawaii and ... read more
![Plastic for Good](https://www.urthpact.com/wp-content/uploads/urthpact-ceo-paul-boudreau-400x284.png)
Plastic for Good
By Brion O’Connor Paul Boudreau, president and CEO of UrthPact, is a local boy made good. A native of ... read more
![2021: The Year of Sustainability](https://www.urthpact.com/wp-content/uploads/2021-year-of-sustainability-400x284.jpg)
2021: The Year of Sustainability
2021 here we come! We’re all excited to put this rollercoaster of a year that was 2020 behind us, and ... read more
![25 Billion Pieces of Plastic – The UrthPact Story](https://www.urthpact.com/wp-content/uploads/EVALV-PRODUCTION-2-400x284.png)
25 Billion Pieces of Plastic – The UrthPact Story
When UrthPact was founded, we set a goal -- to create a world where consumption leaves no footprint. We ... read more
![UrthPact Introduces American-Made Compostable Straws for Sustainable Sipping](https://www.urthpact.com/wp-content/uploads/urthpact-compostable-straws-400x284.jpg)
UrthPact Introduces American-Made Compostable Straws for Sustainable Sipping
Boston-based American contract manufacturer UrthPact solves the single-use plastic straw problem with ... read more
![Earth Day 2020: People Healthy and Planet Healthy](https://www.urthpact.com/wp-content/uploads/Earth-Day-All-Socials-400x284.jpg)
Earth Day 2020: People Healthy and Planet Healthy
We just reached the one month mark of this quarantine to help slow the spread of the pandemic that has ... read more
![It Happens Here: Leominster’s UrthPact Pioneers New Era Of Bio-Plastics](https://www.urthpact.com/wp-content/uploads/Capture25-400x284.jpg)
It Happens Here: Leominster’s UrthPact Pioneers New Era Of Bio-Plastics
Leominster, MA — The city of Leominster is known as the “Pioneer Plastics City.” But a shift is ... read more
![Danimer Scientific and UrthPact to Fight Plastic Pollution with New Compostable Straw](https://www.urthpact.com/wp-content/uploads/comostable-straws-header-400x284.jpg)
Danimer Scientific and UrthPact to Fight Plastic Pollution with New Compostable Straw
UrthPact is expanding their line of compostable single-use straws with marine degradable options using Danimer Scientific's Nodax™ PHA material. read more
![Sip on This! American Manufacturer Releases Compostable Straw Line](https://www.urthpact.com/wp-content/uploads/Screen-Shot-2019-04-22-at-11.00.59-AM-400x284.png)
Sip on This! American Manufacturer Releases Compostable Straw Line
UrthPact is once again flipping the single-use product world upside down with its expansion to a new line of compostable, plant-based straws. read more
![Recycling and Composting at UMass Amherst: Getting Smarter About Waste](https://www.urthpact.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/2016_Spring_Campus-300x225.jpg)
Recycling and Composting at UMass Amherst: Getting Smarter About Waste
Colleges and universities have always been a wellspring for innovation and the University of ... read more