Shipping containers crammed with plastic rubbish have been sent back by Malaysia to Western countries after the Southeast Asian state declared it was 'not the world's garbage dump'. Fed up with the ...

The MSC ELSA 3, a Liberian-flagged vessel, sank off the Kochi coast a few weeks ago while carrying 640 containers, including 13 with hazardous materials, 12 with calcium carbide, 367 tonnes of furnace ...

Three teenagers in New York designed a cardboard, called Kiriboard, to replace plastic packaging. They got the idea when a box of motors for their robotics hobby arrived damaged. Their invention won ...

The 30,000 aluminum tins were supposed to show up in a 20-foot shipping container in July. Months later, they haven’t arrived — and SJ Hunt, the co-founder of Lavolio, a boutique confectionery in ...

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