Plastic was designed to last, and it has delivered on that promise a little too well. After decades of treating packaging, ...

This is an as-told-to-essay based on a conversation with Laura Hardman, 33, the mother of a 5-month-old and the director of the Ocean Wise Plastic Initiative at the Ocean Wise Plastic Lab in Vancouver ...

Our children are so precious – don’t expose them to the possibility of the ingestion of dangerous chemicals. Make sure your baby’s bottles are BPA and phthalate free. What are the risks in using ...

NEW: A Uni-Bell PVC Pipe Association official has a rebuttal to the Beyond Plastics report covered in this story. Read the detailed update here. Bennington, Vt.-based Beyond Plastics, a nonprofit ...

In the midst of the pandemic in 2021, we were throwing out three million face masks per minute. Scientists sounded the alarm early, but the response to cope has seen a lot end up in our waterways. In ...

It starts with good intentions and a yogurt tub--or maybe a takeout container. Either way, it's a perfectly decent vessel. So, why not give it a second life as a tomato nursery? It feels eco-savvy.

Most of us have a basic understanding of what can and cannot be put in the microwave. Metals, bad. Glass, good. Right? But if you stop there, what about the rest of the food containers, lids and ...

Inline Plastics, a leader in innovative food packaging solutions, announces the completion of its Safe-T-Fresh 7″ Rounds product line. The family has expanded from three products in April 2024 to five ...