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

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 ...

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 ...

You’re going for a hike this weekend and you need a portable, healthy snack. As you do your normal grocery run, you grab a delicious banana from the rack. To pay for the banana, you scan a produce ...

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 ...

Sticker residue may be unsightly on plastic, but it's easy to remove. Household products like olive oil and peanut butter can get that gunk right off.

Ironically, organic fruit and vegetables are often packaged and labeled with plastic. But such unnecessary packaging and plastic stickers could be replaced by an innovative laser mark. Will it catch ...

A nation-leading ban on plastic fruit stickers has been paused in one state over fears the cost will prove too great for farmers. The state was set to become the first jurisdiction in the country to ...

South Australia has delayed the rollout of a nation-leading ban on plastic fruit stickers over fears the cost will be too much for farmers. The state was set to become the first jurisdiction in the ...

THOUSANDS of labels detailing plastic “expiry dates” are appearing on supermarket products up and down the country as part of efforts to reduce plastic waste. The labels all list an expiry date of ...

The state was set to become the first jurisdiction in the country to make the environmentally-friendly move in September, with NSW looking at a similar ban. But the South Australian State Government ...