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Ever wondered why those giant tomatoes at the grocery store taste like cardboard?

Over or Under? The Great Toilet Paper Debate [Infographic]

By Erich Scholl | source: Feb 11th, 2014How do you orient your toilet paper? Over, under, don’t care at all? It’s a question that 50% of the population thinks about, yet seemingly never talks about. At first thought, this subject might be brushed off as trivial, however it could have psychological implications that are anything butIt wasn’t until 1879 when toilet paper rolls began being mass produced. Before this blessed day people used, well, one can only imagine. However, this feat…

Edible bale wrap developed to reduce livestock farm waste

Three PhD students have invented an edible bale wrap to reduce farm waste. The patent-pending BioNet biopolymer was developed specifically for farms to wra

Why I NEVER Store My Bread in Plastic Bags

With all these breads in my kitchen counter, you might be inclined to think that I carefully store them all in plastic bags to keep them fresh. I don’t. Ever. NEVER. That’s right. For all the bread I bring home, I never, ever, ever put it in plastic bags. Why? Because although this may sound …

New Uses for Zippered Plastic Bags

New ways to use a kitchen staple around the house.

Lego to ditch plastic bags for paper ones in its boxed sets

Lego said Tuesday that it will stop using plastic bags inside its boxed sets and replace them with paper ones.

Katherine Mangu-Ward Reports On The Surprising Merits Of Plastic Bags

Turns out, those plastic bags are pretty great according to Katherine Mangu-Ward.

Be Picky With Plastics

Plastics are ubiquitous, cheap and convenient, but come with a hidden cost: they leach chemicals that contaminate our food and drink, and they create enduring pollution. The best thing to do is minimize your use of plastic, especially in the kitchen. Where you can’t avoid plastics, get to know how t

Amid plastic bag bans, shoppers find playfully creative ways to carry groceries

More and more cities around the globe are banning single-use plastics.

It's time to cut back on single-use plastic bags

Those ubiquitous single-use plastic bags may become a thing of the past for stores across Pennsylvania as cities and municipalities will soon have the...

Paper, plastic or pint? Grocery shopping trend takes root in D.C.

Before hitting the produce or frozen foodssection, some grocery shoppers are stopping for apint - and taking it with them as they check offtheir list.

It’s a Paper Bag! It’s a Backpack! It’s PaperJohn!

When you think innovative, new concepts in the world of paper products, you might think of our Cardboard Chaos series where we make a snowboard, surfboard, and even a guitar. Paper bags are probably the last things that come to mind. But German company OGATA UG took the basic paper bag concept and turned it

Survival Skills: 10 Alternate Uses for a Trash Bag

​If you don’t have a trash bag (or two) in your survival kit, you’re missing a very versatile and valuable piece of gear. Here are 10 good reasons to add trash bags to your survival gear.