Every time I ordered food delivery, I asked restaurants to avoid single-use plastic. I ordered from Thai, Mexican, Japanese and Italian restaurants (sometimes multiple times with different dishes).

As the city launches the second phase of consultations Tuesday on reducing single-use and takeaway items, at least one restaurateur has thought of a way to keep takeaway containers out of the trash.

Out of 20,000 audited pieces over the past two years, there were 427 straws, 11 six-pack rings, 115 plastic bags, 145 pieces of cutlery and 77 takeout containers.

You can find plastic containers storing food in just about every grocery store. But a new study makes a strong case for never eating out of a plastic container, especially those meant to be heated ...

It wasn’t until a few years ago that I learned just how much microplastics can affect your body — and not to mention the ...

Plastic takeout containers could be doing you a disservice. By Korin Miller Published: Feb 20, 2025 8:30 AM EST Save Article ...

Eating from plastic takeout containers can increase your risk of congestive heart failure, and “even short-term exposure” to particles leaching into food or liquid from plastic can “can ...

As for how long you can keep a plastic food storage container, Craig said that “there is no strict time frame,” but you should base your evaluations on its condition.

"A lot of people said they felt a personal burden for black plastic," says Marot. From there, she built the Case app, onboarded her first few restaurants and released the app publicly this month ...

Chemicals of concern According to Harvard Medical School experts, several chemicals in plastic are “worrisome”, even if we’re exposed to tiny amounts at a time. “Their effects may add up ...

University of Notre Dame. "Plastic containers can contain PFAS -- and it's getting into food." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 7 March 2023. <www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2023 / 03 / 230307114431 ...