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The morning shower is as routine as the daily cup of coffee. It’s almost a ritual for many. Many people's shower are equipped with a host of plastic bottles, including shampoo, conditioner and body washes. YouBodyCare wants...

This week, supermarket chain ALDI pledged to offer 100 percent reusable, recyclable or compostable packaging on all of their products by 2025. In a press statement released early this month, the company outlined their specific...

The Guardian — a national newspaper in the U.K. — has ditched its polythene packaging and replaced it with a compostable wrapper in an effort to reduce plastic waste. The newspaper and its inserts are now packaged in...

For many of us, a trip to the grocery store results in a ton of waste, thanks to the mountain of plastic bags and food packaging. But some stores are trying to change that by going zero-waste and selling in bulk. Precycle...

The U.K. postal service has implored its public to stop mailing empty potato chip bags addressed without an envelope after a surge in chip bag mailings was encountered by its courier offices. The mailings are part of an environmental...

New labeling will assist shoppers in buying food and drinks that aren't packaged in plastic. Campaign group A Plastic Planet is behind what's called the Plastic Free Trust Mark, adopted thus far by some supermarket chains...

A New Zealand grocery store is attempting to slash its plastic use creatively with a new "Food in the Nude" project. And no, it's not about people getting naked - it's about serving produce without a pile of packaging. According...

A New Zealand grocery store, New World Bishopdale, is attempting to slash their plastic use creatively with a new "Food in the Nude" project. And no, it's not about people getting naked. It's about serving produce without...

A new bio-resin made from tomato plant by-products could make it safer to eat canned foods in the future. Although eating fresh food is great for our health, it can be troublesome on the wallet. Fresh food spoils, sometimes...

Christmas has come and gone, and amid the unwanted socks and numerous toiletry gift sets are piles of wrapping paper. While many of us will put our wrapping paper out to be recycled, the fact is that lots of people won’t...

In our convenience-obsessed culture, no matter how many articles about slow food are passed along online or liked on Facebook, fast and easy vittles are still king...

A group of researchers from Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas has developed a new, more environmentally friendly plastic material — which they call nano-bricks — that will help keep foods preserved...