EUGENE, Ore. — A University of Oregon business professor is on a mission to get barcode stickers on produce banned at the grocery store. She’s using artwork, made of those labels, to get people ...

Some 137.5 million of the stickers have already been taken off fruit and vegetables and others will go over the next 12 months. They have previously been seen as essential in helping shoppers and ...

Scouring a newly purchased piece of produce to find and peel off its small, sticky label is such a banal activity that we barely give it any thought, apart from mild irritation. But with a new pilot ...

Woolworths has described its new plan to reduce food waste as a “revolutionary concept”, but a leading environmentalist has slammed the decision as showing a lack of “foresight”. By putting tiny ...

Like a lot of kids her age, Maya Thiru worries about the environment. The 10-year-old from Markham, Ontario, wanted to do something to make a difference. So, with help from her mom, she started ...

Soft drinks giant Ribena has redesigned the sleeves on its plastic bottles, in a move it claims will improve recycling rates and prevent downcycling. The redesign, which affects its 500ml formats, ...