Most people assume that if it looks like plastic or cardboard, it's fair game, but a single grease-soaked pizza box or a ...

I’ve been wanting to cut down on plastic use in my daily life for a long time now. Not only is it wasteful — most plastic will stick around for hundreds and even thousands of years — but there have ...

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You may not think that there is any clear use in plastic fruit containers after all the fruit is gone, but you ought to ...

It's just wrong to have shopping carts full of plastic. We can and must do a better job of ending our addiction to plastic.

If it makes good sense to you to find a way to use plastic fruit containers rather than throwing them out, here's an idea: Turn them into seed starters.

Plastic can cause food to spoil more quickly or even transfer harmful chemicals into your food when used incorrectly. Alternatives like cheese paper, glass or stainless steel help maintain freshness, ...

For safety reasons, biohazard waste containers are puncture-resistant. This is particularly important when disposing of sharps such as needles, slides, or broken glass. These containers are usually ...

Americans, on average, toss out about three quarters of a pound of plastic each day, according to researchers at Oxford University. Most of that trash winds up in a landfill. As someone who loves ...