Mars Wrigley is about to roll out compostable packaging for Skittles, and depending on outcome of this North American-based “test and learn” initiative, may incorporate the innovation across its portfolio of brands, as well as take it to other parts of the world with underdeveloped recycling infrastructures. Waste360 talked to Alastair Child, Mars Wrigley chief sustainability officer and Phil Van Trump, Danimer Scientific chief technology officer; Danimer developed the packaging material, an alternative to plastic that’s made through a fermentation process involving soil and plant oils....