But help is on the way. A team of engineers and scientists across Japan have developed a new plastic alternative derived from paper. It’s clear, it’s moldable and could be used to make items ...

Kind spent more than two years designing a replacement for its iconic clear plastic packaging. Now the company is ready to ...

In cities that use single-stream recycling, consumers put all of their recyclable materials − paper, cardboard, plastic, glass and metal − into a single bin. Once collected, the mixed ...

As United States (US) president Donald Trump slammed paper straws (an alternative to plastic), the debate between the two continues. While the push to ban plastic straws stems from a genuine ...

An curved arrow pointing right. With bamboo-based products on the rise, we wanted to see how they compared to their plastic and paper counterparts. We went to Taiwan and China for a behind-the ...

Papermakers are viewing the anti-plastic trend as a golden opportunity to pitch “eco-friendly” paper products and rebound from depleted demand for publications and other printed articles.

Temperatures teetered just above freezing. Snow would soon skitter ... to burn up to 22,000 tons of pellets composed of paper and plastic over the next year—and possibly beyond.