EAST MOLINE, Ill. — Every day, plastic shipping pallets roll down the assembly line at Green Current Solutions at its East Moline facility. Tammy Becker started the operation in 2019 with her ...

As global industries embrace environmentally responsible business practices, paper pallets have emerged as a practical and eco-friendly alternative to traditional wooden and plastic pallets.

In the U.S. alone, about 4 to 5 billion plastic pill bottles are thrown away each year. That’s enough plastic to circle the Earth multiple times. While they might seem harmless, these bottles ...

To keep it from spoiling, I wrap sets of four slices in a paper towel, place them in a quart-sized plastic bag, and put them in the freezer. When I need bread, I pull out one bag out, thaw it ...

YORK, ME ‒ A local ban on plastic straws, stir sticks, and utensils will take effect May 18, even as an executive order signed earlier this year by President Donald Trump takes aim at paper straws.

Imagine a giant wood chipper, for plastic. Goodwill Industries in London has installed just such a machine, called a plastic granulator, which turns plastic donations that can’t be repurposed or ...

Wells Enterprises is recalling more than 18,000 tubs of its ice cream after discovering some batches may contain bits of plastic. The recall, which started in late April and was made official by ...

A Modesto judge on Thursday approved an order to shut down Martinez Pallets Services and sell off its assets to help compensate workers who have accused the company of wage theft. Last year ...

Japanese researchers hit 106Gbps per core with plastic fiber breakthrough Multicore plastic fiber slashes costs and complexity for AI data centers Bit error rate ...

For as much as the design industry exaggerates the narrative and drama around unboxing a product, Kind is one of the few brands in which the packaging really does serve the customer experience.

A strain of bacterium that often causes infections in hospital can break down plastic, research published this week in Cell Reports reveals 1. Researchers in the United Kingdom identified an ...