Wildlife biologists in Michigan’s Montmorency County recently removed a plastic lid from the neck of a young black bear that ...

Welcome to Plastic-Free Kitchen Week on the Strategist, where we’ve been obsessively researching and testing plastic ...

If you were using a contaminated spatula, the study said, you could be exposing yourself to 80 percent of the daily EPA limit ...

Recycling the wrong things makes the whole system run slower. Here are seven takeout containers that don't belong in your recycling bin.

The City of Columbia has partnered with Federal Recycling & Waste Solutions to restart recycling some items using the city ...

Plastic is everywhere, and it’s never been a better time to replace your plastic kitchen tools with safer alternatives. Shop ...

Alexander Clapp, author of new nonfiction book Waste Wars, tracks the worldwide black market trade of our garbage ...

Here's everything to know about safely reheating your leftovers. Most takeout containers are not heat-safe Most black plastic containers are not microwave-safe.

When hunger and laziness coincide, reheating last night's leftovers in the microwave seems like a great idea. But if you reheat them in the plastic container they came in, you could be ingesting ...

The lining on the inside of a nonstick pan is made of plastic. When heated, it can release toxic fumes; when scratched, it ...

According to the indictment, Soliman entered the park on June 1 carrying a backpack weed sprayer that contained a flammable liquid and a black plastic container holding at least 18 glass bottles ...