American households are the largest contributor to food waste in the nation, representing 40% of the staggering 120 billion pounds of food wasted each year. New research from the Michigan State ...

Advocates for plastic waste reduction and an expanded bottle bill rallied at the Capitol on Wednesday for the state to reduce excess packaging on retail items by 50% by 2033. They say a plan by ...

Packaging is undergoing structural change as pressure grows to move from material tweaks to full system-wide decarbonisation.

Walmart today issued a bold new set of plastic waste reduction commitments by leveraging its massive private brand program. The new commitments, announced at Walmart’s annual supplier forum, are ...

Only about 5% of plastic is recycled, and much of the plastic waste we generate ends up in our waterways and oceans Since moving to England a few months ago, I’ve noticed the use of more stringent ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEXSTAR) — The controversial Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act passed the New York State Senate on Wednesday with a 33-25 vote. While proponents celebrated the bill’s ...

State and local officials convened at South Street Seaport Friday to call on lawmakers to pass the Packaging Reduction and ...

The reason we have a problem with plastic can be explained with the principles of compound interest. As many of us learned as a child, if a penny doubles every day for 30 days, you will be a ...

Source reduction reports outlined steep costs for producers to redesign packaging and invest in new systems. While haulers ...

Or will politics get in the way? Authored by David Buckby - Senior Research Analyst, Films and Flexible Packaging at Wood Mackenzie The European Union (EU) is in the midst of revising its rules around ...

A pile of unboxed packaging used by Choo Choo Bob's Train Store demonstrates the amount of waste the store throws away on a regular basis. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency along with local ...

Most New Yorkers probably don’t know that the trash we throw away in the city is trucked hundreds of miles upstate to a ...