One company that has bared all (of its proprietary R&D) in the name of greater sustainability for all brands is Google and its consumer hardware team with the launch of its “Plastic-Free Packaging ...

a plastic commonly found in single-use food packaging and water bottles. PET makes up about 12 percent of global solid waste ...

Still, Amazon continues to use tens of thousands of tons of plastic every year in other forms of packaging—much of it thin, filmy plastic used in delivery bags and padded mailers. Plastic film ...

Plastic grocery bags are a significant contributor to global plastic pollution, and California is taking a big step up in tackling the problem. Thomas is a native of upstate New York and a ...

Planet or Plastic? is National Geographic’s multiyear effort to raise awareness about the global plastic trash crisis. Come to this page often to learn more, and find out what you can do to ...

Tethered caps are not easily removed from plastic bottles – they are difficult to throw away even if someone wanted to. The initiative is modelled on a packaging change in the 1980s. Drink cans ...

In addition, that tracked bundles show that collected soft plastic packaging waste continues to be exported abroad, both for recovery (incineration for energy recovery) and recycling and that the ...