Starting this semester, reusable takeout boxes at the Sharpe Refectory and Verney-Wooley dining halls have replaced disposable ones. The boxes, the product of a new partnership between Brown Dining ...

SMITHFIELD − At colleges, hospitals, military installations, resorts and big business campuses, there is one giant source of waste: Single-use food-to-go containers, usually made of plastic. Across 49 ...

After eating their takeout meals, participating customers place used containers in bins to be collected daily and sanitized for reuse. That’s to offset the monetary and environmental costs of ...

One of the many reasons why I love the University of Massachusetts is the school’s dedication to being a sustainable community. One of the ways in which UMass practices sustainability is by providing ...

Jess Cantone, left, and Amber Schmidt stand outside Northampton restaurant La Veracruzana on Thursday to promote the Mexican eatery’s new reusable takeout containers. Credit: STAFF PHOTO/ALEXANDER ...

At the four-unit Peoples Organic café in Minneapolis, owner Juell Roberts was fed up with the garbage that was created by to-go packaging during the pandemic. “There’s just so much waste with to-go,” ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – April is Earth Month and Clean Water Action launched a new program on Thursday. Some area restaurants are taking part in Clean Water’s ReThink Disposable campaign. La ...

TOMAH, Wis. (WKBT) -- Tomah Health has found a way to cut costs while helping the environment through a new reusable container system in its café. The hospital launched the Ozzi system in July, ...

When you buy a coffee to go, what would it take for you to return the cup? A growing number of businesses and governments in Europe and North America are trying to answer that question as they look to ...

New moms who rely on the Willow Smart Breast Pump 2.0 will no longer have to rely on disposable bags. The connected breastfeeding system today announced the availability of a reusable milk container, ...