A lot of fresh food comes in its own natural packaging meaning there's no real need to encase them in plastic. I'm talking about produce such as potatoes, apples, oranges, bananas, avocados, and ...

Some 137.5 million of the stickers have already been taken off fruit and vegetables and others will go over the next 12 months. They have previously been seen as essential in helping shoppers and ...

Woolworths has described its new plan to reduce food waste as a “revolutionary concept”, but a leading environmentalist has slammed the decision as showing a lack of “foresight”. By putting tiny ...

Sticker residue may be unsightly on plastic, but it's easy to remove. Household products like olive oil and peanut butter can get that gunk right off.

Ironically, organic fruit and vegetables are often packaged and labeled with plastic. But such unnecessary packaging and plastic stickers could be replaced by an innovative laser mark. Will it catch ...

You’re going for a hike this weekend and you need a portable, healthy snack. As you do your normal grocery run, you grab a delicious banana from the rack. To pay for the banana, you scan a produce ...

Like a lot of kids her age, Maya Thiru worries about the environment. The 10-year-old from Markham, Ontario, wanted to do something to make a difference. So, with help from her mom, she started ...

Maybe you’re planning to reuse an empty pasta sauce jar for a pickling project, or maybe your toddler plastered Frozen characters all over their dresser. Whatever the case, you might find yourself ...

Keen gardener Rachel Wilson maintains four compost bins in her back yard. The end product is a lovely soil she uses to nourish her vegetable garden. But while digging the compost into the soil, Wilson ...