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Packaging industry adapts as plastic bans expand

Single-use plastics bans are expanding globally, pushing the packaging industry to redesign materials, adjust compliance, and ...
Salon

Coffee cups, plastic bags, meal kit packaging: Here’s what to do with hard to recycle items

When it comes to recycling, most folks know to sort their plastic and paper, thanks to the blue and green plastic sorting bins given out by their municipal departments. But beyond the basics of ...
Forbes

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle: Plastic Food Product Packaging Needs A Makeover

Designing products to be treated through sustainable, efficient, and low-carbon operations in the effort to limit plastic pollution and increase recyclability is now a priority in the European Union ...
Grist

A new report looks at major companies’ efforts to address plastic waste — and finds them lacking

Corporations churn out single-use plastic packaging by the truckload — disposable yogurt cups, takeout food containers, shopping bags, mailers, cling wrap, and more. These items comprise much of the ...
PBS

Plastic Bags Are a Problem. Are Plastic Bag Bans a Solution?

Every year, around 500 billion plastic grocery bags are used worldwide. And an estimated 10 million tons of plastic are discarded in the ocean yearly. To help combat this waste, several American ...