Packaging is an ancient practice. Humans have been improvising containers for holding and transporting things for millennia, from baked clay vases to tanned leather satchels to sawed and nailed wooden ...

As online purchases soar during the holiday season, consumers face a growing pile of the cardboard boxes and plastic pouches used by Amazon and other retailers. What can you recycle? And are there ...

Most of us toss those cardboard boxes that bring goodies from Amazon, Best Buy, and other retailers into the recycling bin without a second thought. But the cardboard may soon be coming back in the ...