Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It's not your imagination: Beverage containers for milk, soda and water have gotten harder to open in recent years because their ...

Origin Materials CEO, John Bissell, sitting in front of the CapFormer line that makes PET bottle caps using a radical new design. After researching Origin Materials (NASDAQ: ORGN) for my article ...

There’s an astonishing amount of plastic bottle caps in the oceans. Now a breakthrough biopolymer cap has the potential to address the problem. Beyond Plastic introduces what it claims is the ...

In Stamford, Connecticut, nonprofit organization SoundWaters has empowered students to lead the charge against plastic pollution by recycling bottle caps. Started in 2019 by SoundWaters, the One ...

Assemblymember Mark Stone, a democrat representing the 29th California Assembly District, has reintroduced legislation to require plastic bottle caps to be tethered to their beverage containers. By ...

Human-derived materials are transformed into a wide range of medical treatments, beauty products, and unconventional consumer goods. Plasma proteins support immune function, blood clotting, and ...

If you're old enough, you remember the litter-prone, pull-off metal tabs on aluminum cans. And you probably recall when they were replaced by the push-down versions that stay attached to the can. Now, ...

A new California bill would require plastic bottle makers to tether caps to containers under three liters by 2027. Senate Bill 45 echoes a 2018 EU directive to phase out loose plastic bottle caps by ...

SAN FRANCISCO – A small annoyance in American’s beverage interactions may be getting a little less exasperating. Shorter, thinner plastic caps that proliferated on milk, juice and other liquid cartons ...

Californians should take pride that their state is the nation’s trend-setter for improving the environment. Whether it’s the plastic bags ban or gas mileage standards, California has led with ...