Coca-Cola has developed a bottle that is made with up to 30 percent plant-based materials, can be recycled through typical systems and puts out fewer carbon dioxide emissions than all-plastic bottles.

How well cleaning products work and also how well they look is just as important to what's inside of them for green cleaning pioneer Method.

OAKLAND, Calif. -- The StopWaste Partnership and Reusable Packaging Association's workshop on reusable packaging showed local Bay Area businesses the benefits, as well as challenges, to switching to reusables, and showed how some big companies made the switch and reaped a range of rewards.

By rethinking the way the company packaged its lipsticks, Aveda president Dominique Conseil says the company started a paradigm shift in the cosmetics industry.

BRATTLEBORO, Vt. -- A new report from Green Century Capital Management and As You Sow rates CPG companies on their responses to replacing BPA: the highest grade was a C, and 13 out of 20 companies surveyed received failing grades.

McLEAN, Va. -- TerraCycle has gained another big-name ally in its efforts to upcycle all types of waste. Mars, Inc. has partnered with TerraCycle to upcycle surplus and used packaging from its wide range of food, candy and gum products into messenger bags, laptop sleeves and cell phone holders.

Amazon.com has developed a new way to get feedback on its packaging to help it improve packaging choices and add more products to its Frustration-Free Packaging program.

The new company New Soap, Old Bottle takes bulk supplies of cleaners - some name brand - and repackages them in used bottles.

Whether you are talking about composting, oxo-degradability or biodegradability, the options are numerous, the facts confusing and the claims are very often downright misleading.

PALO ALTO, Calif. -- In its eighth annual CSR report, Hewlett Packard listed its significant green achievements from the past year, including the recycling of a cumulative 1.7 billion pounds of e-waste and comprehensive emissions tracking for its first-tier suppliers.

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM -- Tesco is embarking on a six-week trial program that will enable customers at two stores to leave whatever packaging they deem excessive, or don't want, at the supermarket.

Starting with May's release of Paul Blart: Mall Cop, Sony Pictures will use DVD cases that have less plastic and more recycled paper for all standard-definition movie releases.

OTTAWA, Ontario, CANADA -- Health Canada found the estrogen-mimicking chemical bisphenol A in 69 of 72 canned drinks it studied, but says it's not a danger to human health since it's present in such low doses.