How often have you struggled to open tamper-proof jars or medicine caps? Have you ever cut yourself while wrestling with shrink-wrap and hard, sharp plastic covers? Not only do product designs ...

With some exceptions, clamshell polystrene single use containers like these will be banned starting January 1. AMSTERDAM – Even though New York's ban on the use of polystyrene foam in certain kinds 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 ...

The primary purpose of any packaging material is to deliver the product from the manufacturer to the consumer in the same condition it was when the manufacturer shipped it to the store. It is a ...

Sometimes the only thing that stands between you and a product your purchased (or gift you opened) is that pesky, annoying, impossible plastic clamshell packaging. But before you tackle it with your ...