Reusable shopping bags have become a staple at any grocery store with a conscience. It’s easy to take the idea for granted, as an obvious solution to unnecessary plastic and paper waste. But every ...

Plastic spouts for cardboard milk and juice cartons were first introduced in 1990. The Spout-Pak was a product of International Paper, which made milk cartons, a market that was steadily eroding as ...

The cartons, which were found to have been compromised and vulnerable to bacterial contamination, were sold at 242 Walmart locations. Stacey Leasca is an award-winning journalist with nearly two ...

California’s familiar milk cartons, long stamped with the chasing-arrows recycling logo, are suddenly at the center of a high ...

Milk, juice, broth and wine containers made of carton can now wear the recycling insignia in California Critics say the state’s tough laws on waste and plastic should have prohibited that Lodi — A ...

Strawless milk containers for school meals were met with skepticism from teachers in Kochi Prefecture fearing spills and ill-manners among children. But such concerns proved unfounded. Joining the ...

Scoot over, cans; cartons are moving in on your shelf space. Specifically, the soft, light rectangular containers commonly associated with juice boxes — "aseptic cartons" to the carton literati. "They ...

It's not your imagination: Beverage containers for milk, soda and water have gotten harder to open in recent years because their plastic screw top caps have been shortened to save plastic. It's a ...

California milk cartons may lose their coveted recycling symbol, the one with the chasing arrows, potentially threatening the ...