Amazon is taking small steps to use less plastic packaging. And because of its massive size, even those matter.

Manufacturers are making strides to reduce their plastic footprint. But those seeking to shrink plastic usage can find it difficult to budget, forecast and make nimble decisions.

Anyone ever use those kits they sell to weatherproof windows that takes a blow dryer to shrink the plastic. I bought a kit once but never got around to ...

Soft-drink-bottle stacks, eight feet tall and four feet wide, will soon be cocooned in shrink plastic to protect them from the weather and make them easier to handle by forklift trucks.

The plastic caps on milk cartons have gotten 21% shorter, to save weight. Water bottles are also thinner with shorter tops.