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 ...

A viral social media post has sparked discussion on the real reason plastic milk jugs have a circular indentation on the side. Some speculated that it might show when the milk was no longer safe to ...

Plastic that behaves like a sturdy fork on your picnic table and then quietly melts back into the soil sounds like science ...

Yet another familiar school-day object may be going the way of the inkwell and the slide rule. Encouraged by a milk industry study that shows children drink more dairy when it comes in round plastic ...

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 ...