Wrapping food in plastic does serve a purpose. A plastic-wrapped cucumber at a supermarket may seem egregious, but the vegetable lasts longer and is less likely to end up as food waste; throwing out ...

Even if you're familiar with the best ways to use plastic wrap, you'll still want to ensure you avoid these common mistakes ...

Most of us are familiar with the difficulty of opening some types of plastic packaging- especially the hard packaging that encases so many things. The frustration has been coined "wrap rage." The ...

Scientists have developed a new plant-based coating for food that could replace plastic. The biodegradable coating is environmentally sustainable, but also a public health solution thanks to its ...

Packaging is essential for preserving and distributing many kinds of foods, but it often incorporates plastic—scraps of which already litter too much of the planet, posing a threat to wildlife and ...

Every day, consumers rip open packaged goods and discard the single-use plastic wrapper. That makes plastic pollution the key environmental concern for consumer packaged goods firms—and the target of ...