The world’s largest retailer is partially responsible for a pandemic-inspired surge in ocean plastic. A new report tries to estimate how much. As online shopping has surged during the pandemic, it’s ...

In the past, if you bought LED lightbulbs at Ikea, they probably would have been in a plastic blister pack—something that’s both hard to open and likely to end up in the trash, since most plastic ...

Ottawa, Aug. 11, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The global plastic-free cosmetic packaging market size stood in 2025 and is projected to reach by 2034, according to a study published by Towards Packaging, a ...

Like it or not, plastic packaging has become an ingrained part of the food system. While it's clearly wasteful to buy salad, sandwiches and chips encased in plastic and then promptly throw that ...

Recycling and sustainability are here to stay, and the plastics industry must adapt in order to survive. That outlook is the main take away of “Rethinking single-use plastics,” a study just published ...

Plastics manufacturers and their customers in the European Union are under constant pressure to reduce the volume of plastics used in packaging, not least by the 2004 EU packaging and packaging waste ...

Coors Light is the largest beer brand in North America to move away from using plastic rings in its packaging Dave Quinn is the Deputy News Director at PEOPLE. He has been working at the brand since ...

The closure of EFSA’s data call marks a move from consultation to scientific assessment ahead of guidance under the EU’s ...

If this coronavirus pandemic has taught us anything (beyond how to use Zoom, sew a face mask and bake bread), it’s that the stuff we routinely take for granted could end up having a profound effect on ...

As online food delivery services grow, the amount of plastic they generate is also increasing. However, finding alternative solutions that are inexpensive and easy to use has not been easy. In a ...