Packaging designer Ryan Gaither believes in the power of cardboard. He's laid down a massive sheet of it – as big as a king-size bed – at the Swedish-owned BillerudKorsnäs design lab in Portland. He ...

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Amazon is changing how it boxes packages, swapping out plastic air pillows with recycled paper, a move the company says is more eco-friendly and will provide just as much protection, "if not better." ...

Todd Grasser, an Amazon process assistant, using an automated device to package items in paper bags for shipping at a facility in Sumner, Wash. (GeekWire Photo / Lisa Stiffler) SUMNER, Wash. — At ...

One of those solutions is an automated machine that builds padded boxes that are made-to-fit with each item. Products roll down a belt and onto the cardboard. Glue is rolled onto the cardboard before ...

You probably use aluminum foil, parchment paper, wax paper, and maybe even plastic wrap fairly regularly. Their boxes aren’t big, no — but that’s kind of the problem. They’re skinny and tend to get ...

For the last year, I have been using wax paper sandwich bags (or these cool Baggu ones that are reusable for drier things) to carry my lunch on the train, and I always bake using parchment paper; I ...

These traditions have stood the test of time‌ — ‌so much so that the heart-shaped paper box has become almost mandatory. Every year, 36m heart-shaped boxes of chocolates are sold, for example in the ...