In addition to using less plastic for the cups themselves — Starbucks projects the new cups will save more than 13.5 million pounds of plastic going to landfills annually — it is “projected ...

For the past several years, I’ve been telling my friends what I’m going to tell you: Throw out your black plastic spatula. In a world of plastic consumer goods, avoiding the material entirely ...

Black-colored plastic used in children’s toys, takeout containers, kitchen utensils and grocery meat and produce trays may contain alarming levels of toxic flame retardants that may be leaching ...

As with any other plastic cooking utensil, when you use a black plastic spatula while flipping your pancakes, the heat can encourage any flame retardant present to leach out of the flipper and ...

In 2023, a statewide plastic bag ban would go into effect. And by 2025, no individual or business in Hawaii could sell or “otherwise provide” single-use plastic beverage containers in Hawaii.

All this came after we heard of research that associates black plastic with health risks. MEGAN LIU: Including cancer, hormone disruption, neurological effects and reproductive and developmental harm.

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