Shell describes its new packaging as, "an innovative product called Ecobox, an alternative to traditional plastic packaging for motor oil." Back in 1965, a winemaker in Australia had a novel idea.

Picture a beach where more plastic washes ashore with each crashing wave than shells. This is the world we live in. Over 8 ...

But as many try to find ways to deal with the growing trash that litter our shorelines, hermit crabs have taken to using the waste as homes, creating plastic shells from the waste we leave behind.

Plastic packaging is also a major source of waste ... Luo works on turning a compound found in crab and lobster shells into ...