COIMBATORE: The water analysis wing of the Health and Preventive Medicines Department has decided to stop using plastic ...

Only certain takeout containers are recyclable in most places. Putting errant boxes in the blue bin only clogs up the system.

Stubborn stains in your plastic storage containers? A simple trick using a lemon can leave them fresh, clean, and good as new ...

Most other small plastic food containers, such as single-serving yogurt cups, clamshell-type salad packages or egg cartons, ...

Our kitchens are teeming with plastic, and most of us use it to cook every day. But should we all be thinking more about the ...

Plastic cookware is common in many kitchens, but there are alternatives. Products like stainless steel skillets, frying pans ...

I proposed that we ban the use of plastic bags and containers. I was told then that certain businesses had large quantities of these plastic containers on the high seas and therefore the matter ...

Scientists discover evidence that chemicals from common food containers may increase breast cancer risk, especially in ...

IF you drink from a plastic water bottle or eat leftovers from plastic containers, you might want to think again. There’s a growing body of evidence to suggest that microplastics – which ...

The House of Representatives in the Netherlands has supported a motion to scrap the plastic tax for single-use plastic packaging used for takeaways.

The levels of microplastics and nanoplastics up to five times higher in brains belonging to those with dementia, according to ...