Plastic spouts for cardboard milk and juice cartons were first introduced in 1990. The Spout-Pak was a product of International Paper, which made milk cartons, a market that was steadily eroding as ...

Over 100 million plastic 55-gallon drums are used each year to store and move chemicals and other liquids. The valve and coupler are molded out of chemically resistant high-density polyethylene, which ...

"I recycle rabidly and am wondering if I have to cut out the plastic pourer that is in the milk/soy milk cartons these days?" -- PDXGreen reader Good question. You do not have to cut out that plastic ...

Picture a kid eating his school lunch or a lazy bachelor at the refrigerator. The tear-and-fold paper carton is inseparable from these images, whether it’s a child washing down tater-tots or a grown ...

It's not your imagination: Beverage containers for milk, soda and water have gotten harder to open in recent years because their plastic screw top caps have been shortened to save plastic. It's a ...