Recycling is about to get greener in central Ohio, thanks to artificial intelligence. "Rumpke is berry egg-cited to announce that clamshell plastic containers are now recyclable," Rumpke Waste & ...

Why it is possible to recycle soda bottles made of polyethylene terephthalate plastic, but not the ubiquitous clamshell containers made of the same stuff? —Not Happy as a Clam My last two columns were ...

Iowa City will no longer accept plastic clamshell containers for recycling, both at the curb and at the city-run recycling centers. Recycling Coordinator Jane Wilch wrote in an email to The Daily ...

When Whatcom County residents learned recently that trash and recycling hauler Sanitary Service Co. wasn’t accepting clamshell containers anymore, the folks at Ridwell, a waste reduction and recycling ...

Portland loves to reduce, reuse and, of course, recycle. But even here there are some things that just cannot be recycled. Take the plastic clamshell box, ubiquitous at grocery stores, full of ...

Looking for a new way to feel helpless? Buy some cherry tomatoes. Mine come in a plastic container known as a “clamshell.” Strawberries, blueberries and lots of other stuff come in these as well. When ...

A recent New Jersey Supreme Court decision is important for retail defendants who operate self-service businesses that require customers to handle the goods they seek to purchase. Grapes have been ...

I’ve decided that clamshells are cool for clams but infuriating for the rest of us. Have you ever tried to sneak some leftover chow mein, a grocery-store cookie or fruit-topped slice of cheesecake at ...

With some exceptions, clamshell polystrene single use containers like these will be banned starting January 1. AMSTERDAM – Even though New York's ban on the use of polystyrene foam in certain kinds of ...

If you have curbside recycling, you won't have to send your clear, plastic "clamshell"-style containers to the landfill anymore. The Municipality of Anchorage announced Wednesday that residents in ...

Confession: I love bougie lettuce. You know, the stuff that comes in plastic clamshell packaging, costs about 20 cents per leaf, and always has the words "organic" and "baby" on the label. I'd eat a ...