A new study found that policies to curtail the use of single-use plastic bags in grocery stores and other retail outlets in Austin and Dallas, Texas, resulted in people buying more plastic bags, a ...

How many cardboard boxes do you have languishing down in the basement, stuffed up in the attic or flattened and tucked in a ...

Before collaborating with Sway, Prana had already eliminated plastic polybags in favor of recycled pulp-based paper bags. But ...

Credit: Tupungato/Shutterstock. UK digital retail platform N Brown expects to reduce its plastic use by almost half (44%) by ...

Why Cardboard Boxes Are Not Ideal For Storage While cardboard boxes ... Clothing can be stored in vacuum-sealed plastic bags, ...

“Beyond that, plastic boxes degrade over time ... Washable, breathable muslin bags offer great protection against dust and allow clothes to “breathe” in storage, unlike plastic. For everyday items or ...

The Huon Valley Council is facing an unexpected expense of $30,000 this year due to increased contamination in recycling bins ...

In response, an England-based startup named Notpla took inspiration from nature’s bounty to develop a sustainable alternative to plastic packaging. When Notpla (short for “Not plastic”, of course) was ...

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Edible packaging has emerged as an urgent and sustainable alternative to plastic, designed to be zero waste. stock.adobe.com Share Oceans and landfills are overflowing with plastic waste ...

More than two-thirds of this trash is made up of objects with a lifespan of less than five years like plastic packaging, consumer products and textiles. In 2019, 22 million tonnes of plastic found ...

Looking into the future of production, some Bangladesh companies are now recycling plastic bottles into polyester staple ... then the country can export non-cotton readymade garment (RMG) items worth ...