Portland loves to reduce, reuse and, of course, recycle. But even here there are some things that just cannot be recycled. Take the plastic clamshell box, ubiquitous at grocery stores, full of ...

The scissors were on sale for $3. Suspended between two thick layers of tough plastic, they looked permanently imprisoned. Ingenuity, and no small amount of effort, would be needed to free my ...

Every day delivery men show up at my door bearing loads of new things. Some of it is stuff I’ve purchased online, but most of the boxes contain tech products that companies have sent me to review.

TORONTO – Take note Toronto, you can now toss that blueberry container in a blue bin. The city’s Public Works and Infrastructure committee is moving ahead with a plan to recycle “clamshell containers” ...

Toronto’s Public Works and Infrastructure committee is moving ahead with a plan to recycle “clamshell containers” — like the ones which hold berries and store-bought sandwiches — as well as plastic ...

TORONTO – Take note Toronto, you can now toss that blueberry container in a blue bin. The city’s Public Works and Infrastructure committee is moving ahead with a plan to recycle “clamshell containers” ...