Irwin said returnable containers are a step up from single-use plastics. "We don't need to boil the ocean right away with an infinitely-used product," Irwin said.

About once a month, Brenda Swansborough loads a reusable plastic bag full of empty glass jars into her car before heading to get a pint of ice cream.The jars, which were once filled with ice cream, ...

Though much could be said about the Trump administration’s retreat from climate action and the disappearance of funding to state and local governments, there is still a lot we can do on a local level ...

SMITHFIELD − At colleges, hospitals, military installations, resorts and big business campuses, there is one giant source of waste: Single-use food-to-go containers, usually made of plastic ...

After becoming the first in the country to introduce reusable containers at Jamsil Baseball Stadium last year, the Seoul Metropolitan Government will now expand the program to Gocheok Sky Dome.

When customers are done with their cups, they are asked to return them to any purple return bin that can be found "all over town," the project's website, returnmycup.com, states.

Sip, return, repeat: ‘Nation’s first’ citywide reusable cup launches as chains look to shrink waste footprint. Backers hope the new pilot project in Petaluma, California, will stop hundreds ...

The 80 bins have been provided by the council and Re-turn, which runs the deposit return scheme, and they will be trialled for the next three months.

New World is preparing to launch a trial of a new returnable container system in two of its stores, supporting Foodstuffs’ wider Here for NZ commitments to reducing single-use packaging and sending ...

A new public bin receptacle, designed to deter people from rummaging in bins to retrieve bottles and cans for the Deposit Return Scheme, is being trialled across Dublin city centre.. The “give ...