Germany's Constitutional Court has upheld a special tax on disposable food and drink packaging levied by the small university city of Tübingen, rejecting a lawsuit brought by a local McDonald's fast ...

From the start of 2026, businesses in Freiburg that sell takeaway food and beverages must pay a charge for each disposable ...

McDonald's has lost a lawsuit against a city administration after the introduction of a new tax on disposable takeout packaging. The ruling was made by the Federal Administrative Court in Leipzig, ...

A McDonald's to-go bag and a to-go cup stand on a trash can on the Neckar bridge in Tübingen. The German constitutional court ruled a tax on throw-away packaging was legal. Photo: picture alliance/dpa ...

If we want to leave the world a better place for our children, we may need to let them show us the way. How much young people are formally taught about a greener future in a classroom varies, so ...

At the four-unit Peoples Organic café in Minneapolis, owner Juell Roberts was fed up with the garbage that was created by to-go packaging during the pandemic. “There’s just so much waste with to-go,” ...

CINCINNATI, OH, May 30, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ProMach, a worldwide leader in processing and packaging machinery and related solutions, announced today that it has acquired DJS Systems, a leader in ...

Tourism generates staggering waste in Bar Harbor, according to a survey carried out by University of Maine researchers this ...