Smart plastic pallets are revolutionizing logistics and supply chains by offering advantages that wooden pallets simply cannot match. Here’s why they represent an innovative solution and how ...

Pallets came to mind for a few reasons. First, they’re big. The pallets require a lot of recycled plastic to make, meaning they could use a lot of big plastic items like garbage cans and ...

stretch films for wrapping pallets; heavy duty sacks such as for cement or pet kibble; non-food bottles such as for shampoo; and flexible food pouches such as for beverages or spices. In all they ...

Plastic bag bans may not be the best way to keep plastics out of the ocean, argues Todd Myers. Jay Karr Island Packet We don’t want plastic in the ocean. Most plastic degrades slowly, and we ...

Used to make cooking spatulas, takeout boxes and kitchen peelers, black plastic made headlines after a study last year claimed that the material contained toxic flame retardants which could be ...

Poor people in vast city slums across the Global South are burning plastic to cook their food, warm their homes and boil water for hot showers. Waste plastic is plentiful and highly flammable.

The Plastic Bank is an international corporation that has implemented a market-based solution to improve the health of the planet. In Haiti, plastic waste is collected by local people and sold to ...

KAMAKURA, Kanagawa Prefecture--For third-grader Yuki Harasawa, a video on YouTube about plastic waste was the last straw. She decided there and then to stop using plastic straws provided during ...

She is also a Certified Stress Management Coach. A recent study found a whole plastic spoon's worth of tiny plastic shards in human brain tissue. Pretty wild, right? Some researchers have ...

AMARILLO, Texas (KVII) — The body of a woman was found wrapped in plastic in an alley. Officers were called for a deceased woman in the alley at Center and Alabama at about 2:49 p.m. Tuesday.

Every minute, the equivalent of one garbage truck of plastic enters our oceans. Scientists warn that by 2040, plastic waste in our seas could triple, threatening marine life and potentially our ...