Researchers developed a way to recycle discarded packing peanuts into components for rechargeable batteries. Our team tests, rates, and reviews more than 1,500 products each year to help you make ...

Those little white polystyrene-foam packaging peanuts are nearly ubiquitous in our pack-and-ship culture, but they are no good for the environment, let alone human health. The basic building block of ...

This schematic depicts a process for converting waste packing peanuts into high-performance carbon electrodes for rechargeable lithium-ion batteries that outperform conventional graphite electrodes, ...

Have you got a big box in your basement filled with packing peanuts that you hate to throw out? Many businesses that handle mailing and shipping services will take polystyrene packing material — known ...

What if there was a thinner, faster battery waiting to be discovered in the trash? The humble packing peanut, yes, that floor-cluttering plastic confetti, could be getting a new livelihood soon.

The Christmas tree is down and the decorations are carefully packed away. Now the big question remains: what to do with those thousands of tiny white pellets spilling out of boxes and clinging to the ...

Hate buying some new gadget, only to wind up with a sea of packing peanuts that do little more than spill on to the floor? Don't be too quick to toss them out -- they may be the key to a new ...

I hate these things. Next time I order something over the Internet, I am going to send a query of some sort—maybe even call customer service—and ask if the thing comes packed in packing peanuts. If it ...

Zimoun is a master of manipulation. Give the Swiss artist the most basic of materials—cotton balls, crinkled paper, cardboard boxes—and he’ll somehow transform them into a mesmerizing soundscape. In ...