You may have bought a drink recently and noticed something odd: the once removable cap is now tethered to the bottle by a small strip of plastic. An EU directive was enacted in July, requiring that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It's not your imagination: Beverage containers for milk, soda and water have gotten harder to open in recent years because their ...

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As a champion of both small businesses and environmental protection, I am grateful for Subrenia Smith’s commentary regarding my Senate Bill 45 to reduce litter and the dangerous health impacts of ...

A European government regulation requiring Coca-Cola and other soft drink makers to attach the bottle caps to the plastic beverage containers in order to reduce waste is getting on customers’ nerves.

An epidemic of art grips Gainesville, and no cure is in sight. The city is decorated with murals depicting everything from pea pods in the depths of the southwest downtown parking garage to scenes ...

In Heinz’s squeezable upside-down ketchup bottle, the plastic cap is designed to dispense a standard blob of sauce without spilling. It works. But it can’t easily be recycled, so the Kraft Heinz ...

Supporters of deregulation want Europe to be more like the US. But that would serve only American interests In July 2024, a European Union law came into force requiring plastic bottle caps to remain ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Plastic water bottle caps are color coded based on the type of water: blue caps indicate "spring water"; black caps signify ...