The account recently shared a hack for untying tightly tied plastic produce bags on Instagram, and it’s pure genius. People ...

Make a few easy changes in your kitchen to help cut down on microplastic exposure — here's how to get started.

Testing has found microplastics in rice, tea, salt, sugar, beer, processed foods, milk, bottled water, and a range of seafood. We each ingest up to an estimated 3.8 million pieces of microplastic ...

You might assume most takeout containers are recyclable in 2025, but that's far from true. While some materials are almost ...

Is your kitchen bin or recycling overflowing with plastic bags, containers and produce wrapping? Plastic has become so commonplace that it’s easy to overlook how much of it you use and forget it ...

While clear bags are permitted in the compost bin, regular white kitchen garbage bags and black plastic contractor bags cannot be used, Sanitation said. Items that must be composted include yard waste ...

Plastic bags start out as fossil fuels and end up as deadly waste in landfills and the ocean. Birds often mistake shredded plastic bags for food, filling their stomachs with toxic debris. For hungry ...

Simple swaps in the kitchen such as choosing different tea bags could reduce day-to-day exposure to plastic particles, experts have recommended. A recent study found that the average human brain ...