Compostable Clear Clamshell Hinged Food vs Green/Red Paper Pizza Clamshell: which is safer?
Eco-Products Compostable Clear Clamshell Hinged Food is the clear pick. Pactiv Evergreen Green/Red Paper Pizza Clamshell carries a failing PFAS grade, and we never recommend buying a failing product.
Our pick
Eco-Products
Compostable Clear Clamshell Hinged Food
PFAS grade
Excellent 100/100
Overall grade
Excellent 96/100
Verdict
Buy
Hazard flags
⚑ 1
Material
Compostable resin (PLA/PBAT blend, plant-based)
Confidence
78%
PossibleThermal degradation and chemical release at use temperatures
Pactiv Evergreen
Green/Red Paper Pizza Clamshell
PFAS grade
Poor 25/100
Overall grade
Bad 21/100
Verdict
Skip
Hazard flags
⚑ 1
Material
Paperboard with unspecified grease-resistant coating
Confidence
42%
PossiblePFAS in grease-resistant coating
Where these two actually differ
- We flag Thermal degradation and chemical release at use temperatures on the Eco-Products and not on the Pactiv Evergreen.
- We flag PFAS in grease-resistant coating on the Pactiv Evergreen and not on the Eco-Products.
- The Eco-Products is Compostable resin (PLA/PBAT blend, plant-based) where the Pactiv Evergreen is Paperboard with unspecified grease-resistant coating, which is most of the difference in these two grades.
- The gap is 75 points, wide enough that this is not a close call, and the Eco-Products is the one to buy.
- We are less certain about the Pactiv Evergreen grade, at 42% confidence against 78%, because it discloses less.
Both products run through the same public rubric, which covers materials, coatings, brand disclosure, lab findings, and recalls, plus a beyond-PFAS hazard analysis. Grades are model-based estimates, not lab tests. How grades work →
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