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.

If you've ever opened a package that was filled to the brim with packing peanuts and wondered what the heck to do with them, we've got 13 genius answers! These tiny pieces of Styrofoam are best known ...

Researchers developed a process to convert packing peanuts into electrodes for lithium-ion batteries The electrodes outperformed traditional graphite ones, increasing storage capacity and charging ...

Social media is rife with truly strange trends – whether it be harmless dances or somewhat dangerous food trends such as the tide pod challenge of the late 2010s. Tik-Toks' latest trend is no ...

A bizarre trend has emerged on TikTok, where users are consuming biodegradable packing peanuts under the assumption that they are edible, much to the concern of health experts. Online shoppers have ...

I have packing peanuts that are water soluble. How do I dispose of them? I can't find a name for them in the Recyclopedia. Also, would you consider putting the address for the Recyclopedia in your ...

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 ...

When a new lab was recently being set up at Purdue University in Indiana, a lot of the equipment arrived in boxes full of protective packing "peanuts." Unfortunately, few facilities exist for ...

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 ...

I head my dog eating something so I went to check it out and I saw him going in one of my boxes eating some of the peanuts! I picked one up and sniffed it and felt it. It didnt feel or smell like ...