Oklahoma's News1d
‘Toxic Hall of Shame’: Dangerous plastics may be getting into your food at these major retailers, restaurants, study finds
Of the 50 retailers surveyed by Toxic-Free Future, 80% had failed to substitute dangerous plastic compounds with safer ones, ...
Marcie in Mommyland on MSN11d
How to Store Christmas Ornaments Without Damage or Clutter
Wondering how to store Christmas decorations and ornaments so they won’t break? Keep scrolling to find out my top Christmas ...
thecooldown15d
Homeowner shares innovative use for empty food containers: 'Great idea'
Plastic bakery containers from the grocery store are ... pastry and cookie containers you find in supermarkets and wholesale ...
Sudbury17d
Clear plastic garbage bags cost more? Not so, we checked
Three key arguments have come up time and time again during city council’s ongoing debate on whether the city should mandate the use of clear garbage bags. Privacy ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation17d
New satellite tool scans for plastic pollution on beaches from over 600 kilometres above Earth
On a pristine beach in Gippsland, a team of scientists are dumping plastic rubbish. Their littering is extremely precise. When they're done, 14 squares of trash — each exactly 2 square metres ...
Fast Company18d
Why you should get rid of your black plastic spatula immediately
If you have a black spatula in your kitchen, or other black plastic items around your house like takeout containers or children’s toys, they could contain high levels of toxic flame retardants.
BBC18d
An eco-friendly plant-based alternative to plastic
A green tech company based in Sweden, PlasticFri, has developed a technology that offers consumers an eco-friendly and plant-based alternative to plastic. This video is from BBC Click ...
Reader's Digest19d
New Study: Why You Should Toss Black Takeout Containers—Stat!
If you wanted to, you could easily identify types of food from their takeout container. Clear plastic clamshell? That’s a salad waiting to be shaken. Flat, square box? You know there’s a pizza ...
The Atlantic20d
Throw Out Your Black Plastic Spatula
For a consumer, this problem would be simpler to handle if it was clear that only certain ... have been throwing out my black plastic takeout containers,” Liu told me, because if they are ...
Phys.org21d
The growing scourge of plastic pollution: in numbers
Nations could agree in December on a world-first treaty to reduce the amount of plastic leaking into the environment which, if nothing is done, is forecast to triple by 2060. Global production of ...
Hoodline25d
Franklin County Broadens Recycling Scope to Include Clear Plastic Containers
Beginning November 1, the clear plastic containers that once carried our fruits, salads, or morning eggs can now be set aside for recycling and other household items. According to the City of ...
Inside Climate News26d
Voters Head to the Polls in a World Full of Plastic Pollution. What’s at Stake This Year?
Toxic chemicals leak from plastic film and containers into food. Massive amounts of plastic waste get dumped into the environment, where it ends up in waterways and oceans and threatens marine ...