When you consider the mountain of wrapping paper, plastic forks and goody bag detritus that remain after a child’s birthday, throwing a greener party may seem as feasible as offering unicorn rides.

Those crinkly plastic cartons are so much more than just a single-use receptacle for storing your favorite fruit.

I used to be the sort of mom who strung Mylar balloons with ribbon strings for my son's birthday parties. For each of his eight years, I handed out goody bags stuffed with candy and 99 Cents Only ...

Just for a minute, think about how much of the plastic you use today will end up as trash. Drink bottles? Grocery bags? Food wrappers? If you live in the United States, it’ll probably add up to about ...

Halloween treats have a tricky problem: plastic packaging that’s difficult to recycle. As America loaded up on an estimated 600 million pounds of candy for Halloween, a handful of companies tried to ...