Many common kitchen items like clamshells, foil and greasy pizza boxes often can’t go in curbside recycling. Food residue on ...

"I would never have thought of this!" Gardener shares brilliant hack using old food containers: 'I'm tired of buying stuff' first appeared on The Cool Down.

The age of pre-sorting mixed plastic waste may soon be over. The secret weapon? A cheap catalyst made from nickel that ...

Consumer Reports has partnered with The Guardian US to create this seven-week Detox Your Kitchen Challenge. Few synthetic substances are as ubiquitous across the globe as microplastics. From the peak ...

I used plastic food containers for most of my life — they’re affordable and accessible at most of the grocery stores I frequent. But, in recent years I’ve learned more about the potential dangers ...

A new catalyst may enable mixed plastic recycling The future of plastic recycling could soon become far simpler and more efficient. Researchers at Northwestern University have developed a new plastic ...