What began as a marketing flourish in the early 20th century has become a quiet backbone of modern grocery retail.

EUGENE, Ore. — A University of Oregon business professor is on a mission to get barcode stickers on produce banned at the grocery store. She’s using artwork, made of those labels, to get people ...

Woolworths has described its new plan to reduce food waste as a “revolutionary concept”, but a leading environmentalist has slammed the decision as showing a lack of “foresight”. By putting tiny ...

Dear Heloise: Hey there. I wanted to write in with two hints from a boy in Illinois. My mother lives alone, and I’ve asked her to turn on the front porch light when she goes to bed, then turn it off ...

Some 137.5 million of the stickers have already been taken off fruit and vegetables and others will go over the next 12 months. They have previously been seen as essential in helping shoppers and ...

Plastic recycling labels are everywhere: The ubiquitous “chasing arrows” symbol adorns everything from plastic bags and water bottles to kids’ toys. Most commonly, these symbols appear with a number — ...

Scouring a newly purchased piece of produce to find and peel off its small, sticky label is such a banal activity that we barely give it any thought, apart from mild irritation. But with a new pilot ...

Like a lot of kids her age, Maya Thiru worries about the environment. The 10-year-old from Markham, Ontario, wanted to do something to make a difference. So, with help from her mom, she started ...

SA was to become the first Australian state to ban stickers on fruit and vegetables in September but has delayed the change. The decision comes after the industry warned it would drive up costs for ...

Old gardeners do die; it’s their plant labels that just fade away. Slapping name tags on plants is not as precious or affected as it sounds. The idea is not to imagine our humble plots as public ...

Soft drinks giant Ribena has redesigned the sleeves on its plastic bottles, in a move it claims will improve recycling rates and prevent downcycling. The redesign, which affects its 500ml formats, ...