It's not your imagination: Beverage containers for milk, soda and water have gotten harder to open in recent years because their plastic screw top caps have been shortened to save plastic. It's a ...

A Texas school district will be replacing milk cartons supplied to students with plastic bottles in an effort to increase students' milk consumption. Almost 40,000 Fort Worth elementary school ...

Yet another familiar school-day object may be going the way of the inkwell and the slide rule. Encouraged by a milk industry study that shows children drink more dairy when it comes in round plastic ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. SAN FRANCISCO – A small annoyance in American’s beverage interactions may be getting a little less exasperating. Shorter, thinner ...

(KTXL) – Just about every plastic milk jug has a circular indent on its side, but why? Is it just decoration? Does it help determine expiration? Some people may not have ever noticed it. “Most people ...

Q: Dear Ask Us Guy, We are avid recyclers and composters in our household. (Thanks to the city of Mankato for re-instituting the composting program! No more of our food waste in the landfills or into ...