President Donald Trump says he is banning federal use of paper straws, saying they “don’t work” and don’t last very long ...

All the good feelings rush in with dumplings: excitement at the wisps of steam that rise from them; happiness at first bite through the dough; a thrill at hitting the ...

Experts share how to safely reuse plastic bags and when to recycle instead. Plastic bags aren’t as popular as they once were.

Charles Haverfield, a food packaging expert from US Packaging and Wrapping, shares his tips on vacuum sealing and why you ...

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The hard-shells on this list are made from either ABS, an inexpensive but less durable plastic; polycarbonate ... If you’ve checked an overweight bag before, you’ll know how much those ...

Nearly three years into New Jersey’s plastic ... bag collection program is underway to address an unintended consequence of the law where bags are being accumulated by residents using at home ...

PLEASANT GROVE — Question: What do you get when you pull out that wad of plastic bags you've collected from ... like the Provo Food Bank. "They tell us every time they put them out, they're ...

Fibre-based packaging company DS Smith has unveiled Tape Back, a resealable e-commerce packaging solution. This product replaces single-use plastic tear strips, enhancing sustainability and ...

The Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) distributed over 2.7 million bags of fertiliser under the previous government’s flagship ‘Planting for Food and Jobs’ policy, former President ...

For more than a decade, the Brown Bag Food Project has been building on its founders’ belief that no one should go hungry. The project has been making the Bowling Green area a better place – one loaf ...