Plastic spouts for cardboard milk and juice cartons were first introduced in 1990. The Spout-Pak was a product of International Paper, which made milk cartons, a market that was steadily eroding as ...

Last year, even as the number of Amazon orders grew, the e-commerce giant managed to shrink its plastic footprint. The amount of single-use plastic that it used in shipping dropped by 11.6% from 2021 ...

Manufacturers are making strides to reduce their plastic footprint. Mondelez International plans a 25% reduction in rigid virgin plastic between 2020 and 2025, and both Mars and Unilever are dedicated ...

As a proof-of-concept test device, the team developed a wearable ring with an embedded, miniaturized accelerometer that captured and successfully communicated gesture-based movements over a network.