Six empty brown paper fry boats arranged next to each other in a grid formation. Credit: William Ludwig/C&EN/Getty In the 1960s, E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, the company that popularized ...

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, ...

Packaging can make or break a product. From the primary packaging that wraps your product to the secondary packaging that keeps it safe in shipping, quality paper-based packaging can both entice and ...

A young woman sits on the floor and works on paper crafts. - Dasha Petrenko/Shutterstock With all the essential day-to-day tasks of cleaning and running a home, clutter can quickly build up in closets ...

These traditions have stood the test of time‌ — ‌so much so that the heart-shaped paper box has become almost mandatory. Every year, 36m heart-shaped boxes of chocolates are sold, for example in the ...

NEW YORK, Aug 19 (Reuters) - McDonald's Corp (MCD.N), opens new tab said on Thursday it has nearly achieved its goal of sourcing all of its paper food packaging in restaurants from recycled or ...

Like many other major plastics applications, plastics use in flexible packaging has come under deep scrutiny in recent years as sustainability concerns rise and spread globally. Paper is often lauded ...

You wouldn't think fast food wrappers could be dangerous. However, some of these wrappers contain sprays, coatings, and other ...