The holiday season often generates significant waste. Between excessive packaging, wrapping paper scraps, and more bundles of generic personal care and beauty items lining shelves than you can count, ...

Garbage is inevitable in most stores. Even bulk-food and produce aisles are lined with rolls of thin, clingy plastic bags. At The Realm Refillery in Northeast Portland, however, shopping for food and ...

The European Union's new packaging waste directive could give a boost to recycled-content plastic, and in the minds of some plastics leaders, that's good for business. Reuters and other media are ...

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A global shift to a plant-based diet is widely touted as a top priority in the fight against climate change. It stands to reason, then, that sustainably packaged plant-based products will go even ...

This Earth Month find products that do good and taste good! From snacks and condiments to drinks, more consumer product goods have leaned into environmentally responsible practices. As food businesses ...

California’s Draft Zero Waste Plan (the Draft Plan) lays out an ambitious strategy to eliminate waste and transform material use, reuse, and management across the state. For businesses—including ...