Plastic food containers are susceptible to leaching (leaking plastic into food), so I spoke with experts about what’s best to use instead. July 17, 2025, 11:19 AM PDT Cory Fernandez Commerce Editor ...

Welcome to Plastic-Free Kitchen Week on the Strategist, where we’ve been obsessively researching and testing plastic ...

Since the plastic exposure came only from placing hot liquid in the containers — without any microwaving — this study suggests that simply eating hot food from plastic takeout containers may ...

While it’s generally OK to store food in plastic containers labeled with a 1, 2, 4, or 5, you should try to use glass. Plastic marked with a 3, 6, and 7 should be used minimally around food to ...

A hidden two-letter code stamped on plastic food containers reveals just how toxic it may be. Consumers are advised to check for labels marked PP (polypropylene) or PE (polyethylene), plastics ...

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 ...

Plastic food containers have been a mainstay in American kitchens since the heyday of Tupperware parties in the 1950s and '60s. They still feature prominently in most homeware stores, but there's ...

Any damaged plastic food storage containers should be discarded, said Sam Cole, global director of product certification, food equipment and chemicals at the National Safety Foundation, an ...

Officials were left “speechless” when they discovered about 1500 young tarantulas hidden in biscuit boxes shipped to an ...

What can you do to limit your exposure to these chemicals? Consumer reports has some tips. “The number one tip is not using plastic containers, especially for hot food in the kitchen.

Following the opening of its new material recovery facility (MRF) in Columbus, Ohio, earlier this summer, Rumpke Waste & Recycling will expand the recyclables it accepts to include clamshell plastic ...