It’s made of easy-to-clean plastic that can handle a few dings, and it is lightweight enough to carry to a drop-off site. Before testing the OXO bin, I considered myself a freezer-only composter ...

When it comes to plastic, the rules can be extra confusing -- there's a lot more to it than tossing a water bottle in the recycling bin and calling it a day. Here's why: Not all plastics can be ...

The pilot program for this project is unfolding inside a small warehouse in Brooklyn, N.Y. Robotic arms pluck plastic bins filled with groceries and deliver them to dozens of robots on the ground.

“It’s just a minefield, really,” Turner said. Putting your black plastic in the recycling bin might seem like the right thing to do, but recycling isn’t a solution to the most noxious qual ...

Though Costco is often known as a reliable and trustworthy chain grocery store, there have been plenty of recalls from it.

In 2021, the supermarket set up bins in its stores in which customers could leave their difficult-to-recycle “soft plastics”, like the low density polyethylene from shopping bags and film lids.

At a warehouse in Sumner, Wash., recently, a special crew of workers stepped in to help the people moving the plastic bins—­humanoid robots. The droids, made by Agility Robotics, are about the ...

Dublin City Council is modifying a number of bins in the city centre to try to prevent scavenging for plastic bottles and cans. Surrounds which allow people to easily retrieve discarded drink ...

The announcement represents the fulfillment of a promise Amazon made in June to work “ toward full removal ” of plastic air pillows from North America by the end of the year. At that time, the company ...

Researchers studying bottlenose dolphins found polyester and other plastics in every animal they tested. By Hiroko Tabuchi Scientists have found plastic pollution almost everywhere they have looked.