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 ... from tethered lids. The UK aims to establish ...

Inside your refrigerator and pantry, plastic is everywhere. There’s plastic wrap, storage bags and bins, clamshell takeout containers, beverage bottles, and condiment tubs, of course.

From stocking stuffers to host gifts and even some bigger splurges, these gift ideas are sure to make for a fun and delish ...

If there’s something as tiny as a speck of debris on the rim of the jar, it can throw a major wrench in the lid’s sealing ...

Now, let's consider lid variations. The lid is crucial in keeping the contents of the jar safe. Most lids are made of metal, but some have a plastic or rubber seal, which can melt or warp in the oven.

And these are just the bits of it we can see. Plastic has become a vital part of our lives of convenience. Yet the coffee cup lids, water bottles and bags we use once and throw away do end up ...

In a post on X, the retailers said it would help towards their target of eliminating a billion pieces of plastic from their products. Removing secondary lids from our creams means we are closer to ...

Plastic bags start out as fossil fuels and end up as deadly waste in landfills and the ocean. Birds often mistake shredded plastic bags for food, filling their stomachs with toxic debris. For hungry ...

Dear Heloise: Many years ago, I discovered that when I donated, I would receive requests from a number of other groups several weeks later -- some that even advocated for the same kind of ...

Instead of a plastic lid that clips onto the pot of hummus, the supermarket is now selling hummus in pots with a thin sheet of plastic that is peeled off and cannot be placed back on – similar ...