A 2024 study by the French NGO Agir pour l’Environnement found that repeatedly opening and closing plastic soda bottles significantly increased the number of microplastic particles in the beverages.

Plastic ice cream: you read that right. This version of the sweet treat is actually made from the same materials found in plastic bottles. Scientists in Scotland are using special bacteria and enzymes ...

SBIO 2013 finalist Thread, which creates fabric from plastic bottle waste collected in the developing world, has released a line of special-edition bags with its first partner, canvas bag manufacturer ...

Drinks in glass bottles contained more microplastics than those in plastic bottles or cans, according to a new French study. Researchers traced most of the microplastic particles to the painted metal ...

France’s food safety agency found that glass-bottled drinks, such as iced tea, lemonade, and beer, exhibited some of the highest contamination levels. A French food safety agency study found that ...

A new plastic alternative made of plant sugars could replace traditional bottles while being more environmentally-friendly. The bottles, which were developed by a company called Avantium and are ...

Etched into a 1913 newspaper, the scene of a family picnic advertised a revolutionary canteen: a vacuum sealed product that would keep hot things hot and cold things cold. “The first cost is the last ...

When Coca-Cola's now-ubiquitous curved, 20-ounce plastic bottle was first introduced in the 1990s, it faced both critics and a healthy dose of skepticism before becoming a resounding marketing success ...