Sometimes the only thing that stands between you and a product your purchased (or gift you opened) is that pesky, annoying, impossible plastic clamshell packaging. But before you tackle it with your ...

The plastic packaging known as the clamshell is on the way out, the New York Times reports. Manufacturers are searching for alternatives due to the difficult economy. Companies are dumping ...

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That awful clamshell packaging, which requires a Dremel and a jackhammer to open, may finally be exiting. Don't slam the door on the way out. High oil prices (and plastics come from crude) are making ...

There’s a part of Christmas morning that Tiffany Seay dreads: getting everything out of its packaging. The twisties. The tape. The hard plastic ties, like handcuffs for dolls. “It takes at least 40 ...

With some exceptions, clamshell polystrene single use containers like these will be banned starting January 1. AMSTERDAM – Even though New York's ban on the use of polystyrene foam in certain kinds of ...

Traditionally, half of all annual retail sales occur during the weeks leading up to Christmas. Sadly, this season will be the last for many brick-and-mortar stores. A.C. Moore announced November 25 ...

Packaging does so much good. It enables the distribution of goods in a durable way and it might even help to solve some food waste issues around the world. But that doesn't mean it's a perfect ...

Sam’s Club shoppers will soon notice a change to the retailer’s private-label rotisserie chicken packaging. A new tray means the grab-and-go prepared foods favorite is now more sustainable. The ...