Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Often before a trip, many of us purchase cheap, small plastic containers, plastic foldable toothbrushes, and any number of items with plastic components.

TOOTHPASTE tabs plunk into a jar. Maple syrup flows viscously from a spout. Dishwasher powder crunches under the tip of a metal scoop. The chorus of consumer goods lacks one familiar sound: the ...

Santa Rosa residents Dawna and Rob Mirante started their low-waste journey by replacing everyday items, like reusable grocery bags and water bottles. Then they moved on to trading in tubes of ...

FERNDALE, MI (WXYZ) — For the last year and a half, Tessa Benziger of Walking Lightly has been offering metro Detroiters ways to reduce plastic waste. “I kinda ...

Reduce, reuse, recycle is a phrase ingrained in our heads, but one Modesto shop truly embodies the movement. Ecosource Refillery, in the Frontier West shopping center on Standiford Avenue, is the city ...

"Brown paper packages tied up with strings…these are a few of my favourite things…” sang Julie Andrews in The Sound Of Music. Not that long ago, most of our wrapping would dissolve into the earth like ...

1.5 billion toothpaste tubes end up in landfill every year, so a UK dental company is trying to turn the tide. If you’ve made a resolution to be greener this year, one of the best places to start is ...

The Toothpaste Pump addresses these issues by providing a refillable upright dispenser with an integrated pump and, alternatively, a detachable pump compatible with pressurized toothpaste containers.

At Mason & Greens in Washington, the lack of packaging is the point -- the small shop selling household goods and groceries is among dozens of zero-waste refill stores sprouting up in US cities from ...