Swedish scientists recently demonstrated that larval Perch raised in waters containing micro-plastics "only ate plastic and ignored their natural food source of free-swimming zooplankton." ...

Over the past two years of leading our home-organization coverage and writing about everything from shoe racks to drawer dividers, I’ve learned there is truly a storage bin — or box, or crate ...

Liquor stores, recycling centers and grocery stores are places where you can find free ... and big box retailers Note that many retailers receive their shipments in reusable plastic containers ...

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 ...

The Australian retailer is offering free-of-charge containers in its fresh produce section in a bid to reduce the number of single-use plastic bags used. The repurposed cardboard boxes ...

Clipper boxes are still labelled "plastic-free". Clipper Tea Prof Mark Miodownik, a materials specialist at University College London, says most plastics are made from petrochemicals, but some ...

Many will be familiar with the grease marks that stain plastic food storage boxes and seem capable of withstanding even the most serious scrubbing. At times, they are also resistant to the highest ...

Inside your refrigerator and pantry, plastic is everywhere ... that replacement compounds may be just as problematic. Such patterns have repeated multiple times throughout environmental health ...

For many of us, plastic containers are part of our daily lives; we use them to store, freeze, heat and transport a variety of different foods. But some scientists are concerned that the chemicals ...

Sustainably sourced carboard is often a positive alternative to plastic boxes and bubble wrap, and some companies are replacing Styrofoam with straw, a switch back to nature that delivers ...

Scientists have developed a "self-digesting plastic", which, they say, could help reduce pollution. Polyurethane is used in everything from phone cases to trainers, but is tricky to recycle and ...

Health and Natural Resources investigating how seafood waste and algae can be used to produce plastic-free, biodegradable packaging. "That's the motivation," Qiao says. "We're looking for ways we ...