By bricking your plastic, the company claims it’ll no longer jam recycling equipment the way individual plastic bags often do ...

Waste pours into the world’s oceans at a rate of 12.7 million tons per year, and much of it is made up of plastics. With 40% of the world’s plastic being used for some kind of packaging, how products ...

GEA FoodTray – a combination of cardboard tray and plastic film – is used for safely packaging marinated meat. A northern German manufacturer of tasty meat and sausage products has relied on GEA ...

Amazon’s automated fulfillment center in Euclid, OH, has eliminated plastic delivery packaging as part of a transition to paper-based, curbside-recyclable shipping materials at the company’s US ...

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Walmart is trying to reduce waste by using paper mailers and technology that makes custom-fit cardboard boxes. The nation's largest retailer will also allow customers to skip plastic bags when ...