A tiny bespoke box for the single small item you ordered?" another quipped. The United States generates 96 million tons of packaging waste each year, according to Packaging Dive. Nearly 50 million ...

The second option: no box, just a tray attached to the bottom ... from plastic to cardboard for the package inserts that keep toy parts in place. Cardboard trays cost 7 cents per unit compared ...

The second option: no box, just a tray attached to the bottom of toys to hold ... Abacus Brands is thinking of switching from plastic to cardboard for the package inserts that keep toy parts in place.

Companies are retooling their wares to reduce costs and avoid raising prices as Trump levies new import taxes.

Steve Rad, CEO of toy maker Abacus Brands Inc., which designs science kits and other educational toys for older children, shows a new improved matte box, left, that will replace its black mold plastic ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Gadgets sold without batteries. Toys sold in slimmed-down boxes or no packaging at all. More household goods that shoppers need to assemble themselves. These are some of the ways ...