Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Plastic takeout food containers are no longer being accepted for recycling and must be thrown out, Whatcom County's waste hauler ...

Plastic bottles, carry bags, six-pack rings, plastic straws, disposable cutlery and styrofoam takeout containers—plastic products like these are so ubiquitous that we barely even notice them, let ...

Food waste and food packaging take up a significant portion of the world’s landfills. Alterpacks is tackling both issues with technology that turns food waste into takeout boxes and other containers.

Americans, on average, toss out about three quarters of a pound of plastic each day, according to researchers at Oxford University. Most of that trash winds up in a landfill. As someone who loves ...

Which biohazard waste container is best? Have you ever noticed the special trash bins at medical offices or hospitals? They’re actually specialized receptacles called biohazard waste containers, and ...