Promoting sustainability is a good reason to ditch your plastic food containers, but it's not the only motive. Here's why you ...

Most plastic bottles on Latin America’s Pacific beaches are locally made, mainly from Coca-Cola, Aje Group, and PepsiCo.

Food and beverage packaging makes up about 36 percent of the world’s plastic, approximately 85 percent of which ends up in landfills or as unregulated waste. A lot of it also ends up in the ocean: 33 ...

The University of Colorado Boulder announced has begun eliminating all single-use plastics from its campus beverage services ...

Microplastics, tiny particles less than 5 millimeters in size, have long been associated with plastic pollution, especially ...

WITH 2.5billion single-use plastic bottles going to landfill each year, choosing a reusable water bottle is a small ...

Welcome to Plastic-Free Kitchen Week on the Strategist, where we’ve been obsessively researching and testing plastic ...

A new study reveals that the simple act of opening a metal bottle cap could be adding unexpected microplastics to your ...

A European government regulation requiring Coca-Cola and other soft drink makers to attach the bottle caps to the plastic beverage containers in order to reduce waste is getting on customers ...

Everyone has their quirks. Here's why Costco's milk containers are so unusually shaped—and why it's actually a good thing.

The comparatively low rigid plastic container recycling rate for 2002 and 2003 can be attributed to three main factors, Spendelow says. First, it appears that the greatest increase in production of ...

For example, plastic containers may release chemicals like BPA into the water, while metal containers can impart a metallic taste. Additionally, stagnant water in poorly maintained containers can ...