Bubble wrap is far more than packing material. Its lightweight cushioning, flexibility and durability make it perfect for ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. 1. Why can’t Styrofoam be recycled? Polystyrene, commonly known as Styrofoam ...

NEW YORK — Bubble wrap, originally invented in 1957 as a type of three-dimensional wall covering, is now inside most packages you’d find outside your front door. Most people look at bubble wrap as ...

Plastic bags, bubble wrap and other plastic “film” products that haven’t typically been part of the curbside recycling stream can be particularly insidious threats to marine life. “Plastic bags, when ...

Some 55 billion parcels are shipped in bubble wrap every year. Plastic bubble wrap is reliant on fossil fuels and 98% of plastic packaging is single-use. You can imagine the adverse environmental ...

New metallic bubble wrap is far stronger than plastic bubble wrap, and more than 50 percent more bendable than flat sheet metal. Engineers at North Carolina State University invented the metallic ...

A $2.6 million grant from some of the nation's biggest companies will make Pottstown the first municipality to test recycling items like potato chip bags, candy pouches, plastic shrink wrap and more.

Researchers have stumbled on an ingenious idea: Use bubble wrap as a cheap test tube and petri dish. They've even run tests on blood that's... Hate to burst your bubble, glass lab gear. But plastic ...