The stickers are some of the last bits of plastic included in most modern Apple packaging; in recent years, even the plastic backing layer for the stickers has been replaced with wax paper instead.

Last week, Sen. Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and Rep. Alan Lowenthal (D-Calif.) introduced the Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act of 2020, which aims to address plastic pollution at the source.

Take avocados: Hagg said that switching from stickers to laser marks for that item alone could save 135 miles of plastic, if you laid all the stickers end to end. Subscribe to the Daily newsletter.

Electronic labels made from plastic semiconductors can now pick up and respond to radio signals at a frequency suitable for use on products. At an electronics conference in San Francisco this week ...

The tiny plastic stickers used on apples, avocados and other fresh produce are disappearing in a move against plastic waste. Some 137.5 million of the stickers have already been taken off fruit ...