We are committed to improving how orders are shipped, for the good of customers and the planet,” Amazon wrote in a blog post.

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The announcement represents the fulfillment of a promise Amazon made in June to work “ toward full removal ” of plastic air pillows from North America by the end of the year. At that time, the company ...

Banning the most toxic plastic-making chemicals such as vinyl chloride would get them off the roads and rails and out of our ...

After the corrugated board is converted to boxes, “High-speed, direct to packaging inkjet printers could then be used in ...

The Allpa bag has a clamshell design, so it opens like a hard-sided suitcase—a large YKK zipper (the industry ... as a boiled ham splitting out of its plastic packaging. That’s not the case ...

DS Smith, a stalwart British packaging company with its North American operations based in Atlanta’s tallest tower, is undergoing a pending acquisition by International Paper.

Scientists discovered that bacteria commonly found in wastewater can break down plastic to turn it into a food source, a finding that researchers hope could be a promising answer to combat one of ...

The regulations are being contested in court, but still remain in effect. The plastic bag ban has had an unintended consequence: a proliferation of reusable bags. Studies suggest reusable bags ...

A new study finds a bacterium in this family can break down the plastic for food. Researchers also identified the enzyme the bacterium use to degrade plastic. The discovery opens new possibilities ...

The disaster dumped more than 1,400 damaged shipping containers into the sea — releasing billions of plastic manufacturing ... claims that showed 9% of ultra-large ships had experienced ...

bright tote bags that look to be constructed from the same pliable, perforated plastic as Crocs. If you’ve spent time on the sidelines yourself, you’d likely recognize these totes immediately ...