Registered boat owners in the U.S. dispose of 92 million pounds of used shrink wrap each year, the majority of which ends up in landfills. Clean Ocean Access, a non-profit, launched a recycling ...

A typical water dispenser might be topped with a heavy jug made of thick plastic. But this revolutionary new dispenser from Evian uses a thin water-filled “bubble” instead. The unique design means ...

Drowning in plastic this Earth Day, but not sure how to set yourself free? Plastic purgers say you can drastically reduce, if not eliminate, your plastic consumption by changing a few daily habits.

The manufacturer of BioWrap, a pale green, single-use shrink wrap, claims the material breaks down in less than 5 years.

Anyone ever use those kits they sell to weatherproof windows that takes a blow dryer to shrink the plastic. I bought a kit once but never got around to installing it. Has anyone used one and know if ...

Last year, even as the number of Amazon orders grew, the e-commerce giant managed to shrink its plastic footprint. The amount of single-use plastic that it used in shipping dropped by 11.6% from 2021 ...

Manufacturers are making strides to reduce their plastic footprint. Mondelez International plans a 25% reduction in rigid virgin plastic between 2020 and 2025, and both Mars and Unilever are dedicated ...

Coca-Cola HBC Austria, DS Smith, and Krones have jointly developed a recyclable, corrugated handle for soft drink multipacks ...

Is the electric can opener—that monument to America’s compulsive escape from kitchen work—already doomed? The answer is yes, or so it must have appeared to the throngs who attended last week’s 37th ...

When exactly I began putting plastic items in a special tub for recycling I don’t remember. Probably in the 1980s when I moved to Princeton. Then my wife and I separated plastic items, tin cans and ...