Instead of relying on virgin plastics or single-use materials, companies are increasingly turning to upcycled cotton, denim, ...

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When you toss a plastic bottle into your recycling bin, there’s no guarantee it actually gets recycled. In fact, odds are, it doesn’t. According to the World Economic Forum, just 14% of plastic ...

When Olive launched in 2021, it aimed to eliminate waste from online shopping by enabling consumers to order from multiple sites and get products in one reusable package. Today, the company relaunches ...

The global packaging industry, worth over $1 trillion, is grappling with a growing crisis: single-use waste. From food delivery containers to e-commerce shipping materials, the world’s dependence on ...

Meal kits are notorious for their packaging problem: A typical delivery might come with insulation, gel-filled icepacks, and tiny containers or bags holding individual ingredients–like a few leaves of ...

If you order a sweater or t-shirt from the clothing brand Eliou, you don’t have to get it in a plastic or cardboard mailer. Instead, you can choose to have it sent in a reusable package. When the ...

Reusable packaging — from stainless steel ice cream containers to glass jars of soap — is about to become more common at groceries and restaurants worldwide. Loop, a two-year-old company that collects ...

While about 80 percent of consumers say they think it is important to reduce the reliance on single-use packaging, almost the same number of people said in a recent survey that they don't go out of ...

The Ellen MacArthur Foundation has published an update on the progress signatories to its global commitment on plastics are making. The scheme boasts some of the world’s largest packaged food ...

Quick pop quiz: Is it better to recycle your cardboard boxes, or use a sturdier packaging bag that can be used again and again until it meets its maker again? Returnity‘s bet is the latter, and the ...

Every day, millions of shipments are delivered to every corner of the globe. And when they arrive, the cardboard, plastic, Styrofoam and pallets protecting the goods are thrown away, recycled or ...