Why it is possible to recycle soda bottles made of polyethylene terephthalate plastic, but not the ubiquitous clamshell containers made of the same stuff? —Not Happy as a Clam My last two columns were ...

I’ve decided that clamshells are cool for clams but infuriating for the rest of us. Have you ever tried to sneak some leftover chow mein, a grocery-store cookie or fruit-topped slice of cheesecake at ...

Following the opening of its new material recovery facility (MRF) in Columbus, Ohio, earlier this summer, Rumpke Waste & Recycling will expand the recyclables it accepts to include clamshell plastic ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — A Portland company up has come up with a way to deal with those plastic to-go containers often called "clamshells." They are no doubt a headache. You can't put them in curbside ...

Iowa City will no longer accept plastic clamshell containers for recycling, both at the curb and at the city-run recycling centers. Recycling Coordinator Jane Wilch wrote in an email to The Daily ...

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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 ...

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