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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Like many other major plastics applications, plastics use in flexible packaging has come under deep scrutiny in recent years as sustainability concerns rise and spread globally. Paper is often lauded ...

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 ...

Since plastic packaging accounts for a large fraction of plastic waste, the demand for environmentally friendly packaging ...

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