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 ...

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 ...

Looking for a new way to feel helpless? Buy some cherry tomatoes. Mine come in a plastic container known as a “clamshell.” Strawberries, blueberries and lots of other stuff come in these as well. When ...

Have you ever injured yourself trying to open those obnoxious plastic packages that seem to be on everything you buy these days. Small expensive items in particular seem to use sealed clamshell ...

The Nov. 30 front-page article "Do Not Pry Open Until Christmas," about "clamshell" plastic packaging, neglected to mention other "hard truths" about the material. This plastic is typically produced ...

Following Calgary’s lead, Airdrie will bury its previously collected clamshell waste after failing to find a feasible solution to recycle the ubiquitous containers, adding another 130 tonnes to the ...

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