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Here’s how I'm taking stock of all my black plastic utensils, checking for signs of damage, which tools I'm trashing, and which replacements I'm choosing for peace of mind in 2025.

Too dark to recycle One study of plastic in the U.K. found that black plastic made up around 15 percent of the plastic waste stream. Most of that was single use packaging or food containers.