Shoppers are turning against ‘over packaged’ supermarket products shrouded in plastic – and avoiding products that come wrapped in needless packaging. More than a third of British shoppers (39%) have ...

Every day, trucks filled with bales of compacted plastic water bottles, milk jugs and laundry detergent pull up to the bays at the York-based Graham Packaging Recycling Center. The bales bear the ...

A study examining how nanoplastics interact with brain proteins has identified a possible mechanism that could contribute to neurodegenerative diseases.

CHICAGO — Kellanova is reducing the amount of plastic used in the packaging of some of its popular snack brands (Cheez-It Snap’d, Cheez-It Puff’d and Club Crisps) compared to the same volume last year ...

Google spent 3 years redesigning its packaging to eliminate plastic. Now, it’s releasing a guide so that other companies can do the same. If you take a new Pixel 8 phone out of its package, you might ...

Scientists racing to tackle plastic pollution have created a surprising new contender: a biodegradable packaging film made partly from milk protein. Researchers at Flinders University blended calcium ...

Plastic food packaging, especially single-use containers, is a growing problem for the food industry. According to the UN Environment Program, 460 million tons of plastic is generated each year ...

Why is it that whenever someone wants to extoll the sustainability benefits of plastic packaging products, they feel compelled to claim that plastics have “a lower environmental impact” than ...

Changes to household collections are part of wider moves to increase the recycling rates, which have stalled in recent years.

In the US, the volume of plastic waste hit 44 million metric tons in 2019. Some beauty companies are ditching plastics in favor of aluminum, glass, or plant-based materials. Consumers are willing to ...

Hasbro Inc. is walking back earlier pledges to go plastics-free in packaging. Six-inch collectible figurines — many valued for their "mint-in-package" status — will resume being packaged with plastic ...

The measure falls under New Zealand’s Waste Minimisation Act and will require producers and importers to fund the collection, ...