When you toss a plastic bottle into your recycling bin, there’s no guarantee it actually gets recycled. In fact, odds are, it doesn’t. According to the World Economic Forum, just 14% of plastic ...

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As governments impose limits on plastic food packaging, climate-friendlier alternatives are in the works. Here are some that might be coming to a grocery store near you. By Kim Severson If it seems ...

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In this article, we take a look at the 20 biggest packaging companies in the US. You can skip our detailed analysis of the packaging industry and go directly to the 5 Biggest Packaging Companies in ...

Leak detection plays a critical role in ensuring packaging reliability, especially in industries where product integrity directly affects safety, sterility or shelf life.

In 1938, a 27-year-old chemist named Roy Plunkett stumbled across a new type of chemical, one with a bond so strong it would end up sticking around long after he died—in fact, almost forever. Today, ...

Most of the time, when you order fast food, you know exactly what you’re getting: an inexpensive meal that tastes great but is probably loaded with fat, cholesterol and sodium. But it turns out that ...

Researchers at Shanghai University have developed a physics-constrained, data-efficient artificial intelligence framework ...

Alarming levels of dangerous chemicals known as PFAS were discovered in food packaging at a number of well-known fast-food and fast-casual restaurants and grocery store chains, a new report found. The ...