Trying to recycle the wrong materials only clogs up the system. We asked a recycling expert about the dos and don'ts of recycling takeout boxes.

A party at home will usually leave you with enough leftovers to last a few days. Chances are you will store them in a variety of plastic boxes and stack them in your fridge to be used over the next ...

Food delivery services are becoming increasingly popular in the country and so is the use of plastic containers to carry the food, which raises the question: how safe are those takeout boxes?

Amazon said its plastic packaging footprint came to 97,222 metric tons in 2021. The environmental group Oceana estimates the waste was more than three times that amount. Amazon is under pressure to ...

The Standard's journalism is supported by our readers. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Plastic has been public enemy number one for some time now. Its ...

If a plastic litter box is a standard car, then a stainless steel one might as well be a Cybertruck: ultramodern, scratch resistant, possibly gratuitous. So how do you know whether you should upgrade ...