A small but growing number of restaurants are moving away from single-use plastic take-out containers, which usually end up in the trash because they can’t be recycled. By Meg Wilcox. May 28, 2024.

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 ...

Microplastics, chemicals, and a whole slew of other deadly problems can stem from just a few seconds of reheating in a plastic take-out container. Non-safe plastic containers shouldn’t just be ...

Starting on September 6, single-use plastic and foam take-out containers can no longer be used. Check out more news from around Hawaii.

A typical takeout scenario: You buy a meal to go, eat every bite, rinse the container and toss it in the recycling bin, just like you’ve done many times before. Wait. Don’t do that, not… ...

And doing this does not prevent us from also working to ban single-use plastic take-out containers, utensils, stirrers, straws, etc. If other cities can make reusables work, so can we.

However, not all take-out containers are created equal, and knowing how and when to reuse them safely is key. Here are 10 clever ways to reuse a take-out container and make the most out of them. 1.

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 ...

When plastic containers get all scratched up, as they often do, water is even more prone to stick to them. And, plastic containers and lids also tend to have rims around the edge that cause water ...