If your house is anything like mine, you’ve got a kitchen cabinet filled to the brim—no, overflowing—with plastic food containers. Maybe some are ones you’ve bought expressly for the purpose of ...

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A new study found chemicals can leach from plastic takeout containers into food, impacting the gut biome—and then the heart Getty Eating from plastic takeout containers can increase your risk of ...

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Rhode Island's war on plastic has advanced from bags and straws to the little sticks that stir peoples' drinks and polystyrene take-out containers. State senators on Thursday voted 33 to 2 to ban ...

If your dishwasher isn't drying your dishes, there might be something wrong with it. But, if your dishwasher just isn't drying your plastic containers, that's par for the course. This all-too-common ...

The kitchen transformation happening in homes across America right now isn't about trendy appliances or fancy countertops. It's about something far more critical: the containers we use to store our ...

Colleges take the lead A growing number of colleges and universities are trying to find more sustainable options, including reusable containers. For example, UMass Boston offers a “Green to Go” ...

Black plastic cooking utensils are sleek, cost-effective, and easy to use. They're also potentially toxic, according to a new study published in Chemosphere, a scientific journal focusing on ...

USEFULL to-go food container return stations are located throughout Pitt's campus to collect stainless steel containers that are replacing single-use plastic containers. The higher education market is ...