There’s just something…weird about foam packaging, technically called polystyrene. You know what I mean - the white, squishy, tough, noisy, and seemingly ubiquitous material used to hold everything ...

SANTA CRUZ — Tucked away in a nondescript building on the Westside of Santa Cruz, the crew at Cruz Foam creates tubes and pellets of eco-friendly foam made in part from upcycled shrimp shells, which ...

A new packing material that grows itself is now appearing in shipped products across the country. The composite of inedible agricultural waste and mushroom roots is called Mycobond, and its ...

With the holiday season in full swing, gifts of all shapes and sizes are being shipped around the world. But all that packaging generates lots of waste, including cardboard boxes and plastic-based ...

Brand owners are under ever-increasing pressure from online retailers to ensure products are packaged to prevent damage, minimize shipment size, and reduce packaging waste. This year, for example, ...

According to a Comprehensive Research Report by Market Research Future (MRFR), “Packaging Foams Market by Structure, by Material, by Service and by Region - Forecast to 2030” the market for packaging ...

”peanuts” off the hands of people who have been unwrapping lots of boxes lately. The mall and Keep Des Plaines Beautiful are trying out a recycling program through Jan. 10. Shoppers can drop off their ...

The National Research Council has affirmed that styrene, often used in food packaging and foam coffee cups, is linked to cancer. What’s the industry’s reaction? Polystyrene foam packaging has been a ...