Thousands of merchant ships will soon start burning fuel containing higher concentrations of sulfur — a quirky outcome of rules that are supposed to cut emissions of the pollutant.

U.K. packaging manufacturers will have to pay for the full cost of dealing with the waste their goods produce under new government plans.

The latest flavor of blockchain technology is vanilla, and the stakes are high: Vanilla is the world’s second most expensive spice — with a price higher than that of silver.

Americans generate 25 percent more trash during the holidays and, historically, that’s been a gift to the companies that sell it to recycling processors overseas.

Talk of technology almost always centers on the latest and greatest piece of hardware. But what about the stuff it’s replacing?