A report newly released by a pair of environmental advocacy groups reveals that toxic chemicals may be present in some of the containers and wrappers used by three major fast-food chains. Specifically ...

It’s easy to take the little things for granted and to forget how seemingly small inventions have made our lives a whole lot more convenient. Take the McDonald’s Big Mac container, for example. The ...

The simple brown cardboard box surrounding a Big Mac costs McDonald’s Corp. only pennies. A biodegradable version, by contrast, is costing EarthShell Corp. millions of dollars, not to mention the ...

EarthShell Corp., the maker of a new biodegradable sandwich container being tested by McDonald’s Corp., said yesterday that it will start marketing its environmentally safe packaging to other ...

In 1938, a 27-year-old chemist named Roy Plunkett stumbled across a new type of chemical, one with a bond so strong it would end up sticking around long after he died—in fact, almost forever. Today, ...