My earliest memory of using wax paper outside the kitchen was a childhood favorite. My parents bought us an old swing set with a slide way back when (this was before plastic swing sets were invented).

University of Waterloo spinout aims to scale tech that extends shelf life of paper packaging. The University of Waterloo spinout is ready to demonstrate that it can do this at scale and in a ...

Head over to your pantry or whichever drawer or cabinet you stash your kitchen supplies in and take a look inside. You probably have rolls of both parchment and wax paper, don't you? Most people do!

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Plastic is ubiquitous in the modern world, and it's notorious for taking a long time to completely break down in the environment - if it ever does. But even without breaking down completely, plastic ...

Wax paper (or waxed paper) is a kitchen staple that's been around since the 19th century, when coating paper with wax became an effective way of keeping moisture and odors from seeping into foods.

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