But how these changes are made is changing, thanks to new techniques and tools that are making plastic surgery involve less, well, surgery. Watch the full story on "The Cutting Edge," a "20/20 ...

In addition to using energy and chemicals in its process, the recycling of boat shrink wrap and other plastics involves yet more single-use plastic. The pay-as-you-throw bags are just one example.

Is the electric can opener—that monument to America's compulsive escape from kitchen work—already doomed? The answer is yes, or so it must have appeared to the throngs who attended ...

The upgraded shrink sleeves could go a long way toward increasing recycled content and save on masterbatch costs. They also would preserve the original brand and design identity of the bottle to ...

9 ways to shrink your plastic footprint . April 22, 2019 at 6:00 am Updated April 22, 2019 at 12:30 pm . By . STEVEN KURUTZ. The New York Times.

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 ...

Anyone ever use those kits they sell to weatherproof windows that takes a blow dryer to shrink the plastic. I bought a kit once but never got around to installing it. Has anyone used one and know if ...

A $2.6 million grant from some of the nation's biggest companies will make Pottstown the first municipality to test recycling items like potato chip bags, candy pouches, plastic shrink wrap and ...