Those bits that come inside your packages are called peanuts, but of course they are made from polystyrene, not anything natural. But what if we could send things packaged in popcorn—the actual food, ...

St. Vincent de Paul's Marketing Communications Coordinator Chance Fortune stopped by the KVAL studio to discuss what to do ...

A Reddit user shared a picture of a recycling bin they spotted at Publix, an employee-owned grocery store chain with over ...

”peanuts” off the hands of people who have been unwrapping lots of boxes lately. The mall and Keep Des Plaines Beautiful are trying out a recycling program through Jan. 10. Shoppers can drop off their ...

With the holiday season in full swing, gifts of all shapes and sizes are being shipped around the world. But all that packaging generates lots of waste, including cardboard boxes and plastic-based ...

NEW YORK (WETM) — Governor Andrew Cuomo has proposed a ban on the distribution and use of expanded polystyrene, commonly known as Styrofoam, single-use food containers by Jan. 1, 2022. The proposal ...

We've long been dependent on styrofoam for packaging, but that lightweight protective material is virtually impossible to decompose. So it makes sense that scientists are working on--or rather, ...

A new packing material that grows itself is now appearing in shipped products across the country. The composite of inedible agricultural waste and mushroom roots is called Mycobond, and its ...