A West Sacramento company wants to build a better bottle cap. It's preparing to manufacture them by the billions.

Even with this small business exemption, 97% of the 15 billion plastic beverage bottles sold in the state annually would be required to have tethered caps. Some California-based bottle ...

A-hed The Plastic Bottle Cap Gets a Makeover: ‘You Have to Basically Relearn How to Drink’ A change in Europe aimed at reducing litter offers a new source of culture shock for tourists ...

The old-style milk carton caps were 21 millimeters tall, while the new ones are 17 millimeters ‒ a difference of about 19% that makes them harder to grip, said Min DeGruson, a professor and ...

According to the new EU directive, companies are only allowed to sell single-use plastic products with caps and lids – like a drinks bottle – “if the caps and lids remain attached to the ...

Shares in Origin Materials Inc. jumped nearly 25% on the news that the specialty chemical company started commercial production of fully recyclable plastic bottle caps. West Sacramento-based ...

The products with new plastic bottles on the horizon are coming out in the next two years and include Coke, Coke Zero Sugar, Diet Coke, Fanta, Sprite and Dr. Pepper. They're expected to have the ...