Amazon is phasing out plastic from the envelopes, bags, boxes and cushioning it uses to ship items, swapping in paper-based ...

Tis the season of gift giving and home deliveries, and that frequently means lots of household waste, especially Styrofoam and plastic packaging ...

Once sliced, zucchini should also be placed in the fridge, but this time in an airtight container lined with a paper towel to ...

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Across the U.S. and globally, policymakers and industry leaders are investing heavily in systems to collect and process ...

The holiday season is full of gifts, shopping, online orders and lots of wrapping paper and boxes. But all that festivity makes a lot of trash, and most of it shouldn't end up in your recycling bin.

Acceptable Christmastime recycling items include boxes, paper gift bags, tissue paper, cards and envelopes, and wrapping ...

If any of these items are loitering in the back of your pantry, it’s time to let them go in favor of a more organized space.

Ingredients present in food packaging can leach into the food. Depending on the materials used, ingredients can leach contaminants that may cause serious health problems. These food packaging ...

Food packaging has changed over the years, with improvements to affordability as well as (in some cases) reduced health risks. Here are some classic food packaging materials you no longer see.

Boxes labeled as toys hid hundreds of live reptiles headed overseas, federal prosecutors say. A Brooklyn man will spend two years in prison after authorities caught him exporting live turtles, snakes, ...