OAKLAND, Calif. -- The RIAA has put out a report listing a number of recommendations for reducing the environmental impacts of CD packaging. The report also includes a thorough look at the pros and cons of different types of plastic and paper packaging, and advises where changes can be made to have the biggest impacts.

The 40-year-old mint is coming out in brand new packaging made out a different type of plastic that, while generally more recycled than the previous plastic used, is still not easily recycled in many areas.

SONOMA, Calif. -- The National Association for PET Container Resources is asking manufacturers to stop using additives that make plastic degradable until more data is gathered on how the additives affect recycling steams and product lifespan.

OAKLAND, Calif. -- DuPont announced the winners of its 21st DuPont Awards for Packaging Innovation today at a virtual event. The awards recognize compostable baked goods trays, lightweight packaging, bottles and trays with post-consumer recycled content, and more.

A new study shows that drinking cold beverages normally from bottles that contain bisphenol A (BPA) can quickly increase concentration of BPA in human urine. Also this week, Wal-Mart announced it will be introducing its packaging scorecard in Mexico, and China reports on how many plastic bags it has avoided using with its bag ban.

The "Packaging Outside the Box" panel at Greener by Design 2009 showed how HP, Frito-Lay and Jedlicka Design are rethinking what packaging should be, with widely different results.

GreenBiz.com Senior Writer Marc Gunther chats with Adam Lowry, the former climate scientist who started Method, at the Greener By Design conference. The two talk about the latest buzz on the 8-year-old and some of Lowry's ideas for the future.

Rand Waddoups, Wal-Mart's senior director of Business Strategy and Sustainability, provides an insider's update on Wal-Mart's efforts toward sustainability, its progress and its next big challenges.

Not if Starbucks' Ben Packard, the vice president of Global Responsibility, and his running mate, Jim Hanna, the director of Environmental Impact, have their way. They think it's not only worth the effort and the money, but essential to recycle the coffee company's cups - and they invited 30 cup, cupstock and coating manufacturers, recyclers, waste managers and university researchers to Seattle this week to have a chat about it.

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.

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- The first state ban of bisphenol A (BPA) has been approved in Minnesota. The measure prevents the sale of baby bottles and other food containers that contain BPA and are intended for small kids.