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 ...

In its previous ESG reports, Walgreens Boots Alliance had committed to four goals for its branded products by 2030: reduce plastic packaging by 30%, make all packaging recyclable, increase recycled ...

SAN FRANCISCO – A small annoyance in American’s beverage interactions may be getting a little less exasperating. Shorter, thinner plastic caps that proliferated on milk, juice and other liquid cartons ...

Dublin, Jan. 22, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "North America Plastic Caps And Closures - Market Share Analysis, Industry Trends & Statistics, Growth Forecasts 2024-2029" report has been added to ...

You may have bought a drink recently and noticed something odd: the once removable cap is now tethered to the bottle by a small strip of plastic. An EU directive was enacted in July, requiring that ...

A recent switch towards plastic bottle caps which remain attached has had almost the reverse effect from that intended – ie. to cut down on the use of plastics – "Aktuaalne kaamera" (AK) reported ...

GREENSBORO, N.C.-- If you're serious about recycling or new to the game, you may have asked a coworker or neighbor this question---should you recycle plastic bottles with the cap on or off? Here is ...

A bench made from plastic bottle caps was dedicated at Peters Township Library on Thursday. The Giant Oaks Garden Club, which collected plastic non-biodegradable caps, “adopted” the bench from Clean ...

An epidemic of art grips Gainesville, and no cure is in sight. The city is decorated with murals depicting everything from pea pods in the depths of the southwest downtown parking garage to scenes ...

Waves of Change is a CBC series exploring the single-use plastic we're discarding, and why we need to clean up our act. You can be part of the community discussion by joining our Facebook group.