As we step into 2026, now's the time to cleanse your kitchen cabinets and drawers once and for all. Throw out expired food, ...

Many common kitchen items contain hidden plastics or plastic-like materials, from coatings to linings to microplastic ...

Plastic food storage containers are a staple in the kitchen, making it simple to store leftovers, pack lunches, and organize ...

Go to your kitchen, grab your black spatula and throw it in the trash. Immediately. That’s the alarming message from a new study published in the journal Chemosphere. Cooking with any plastic utensil ...

We hear it more often now. Those tiny particles that scientists can't stop talking about. They're in our water, in our air, probably even in our bloodstream right this second. Microplastics have ...

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It's a plastic world out there. About 460 million metric tons of the material are made each year, according to the United Nations, and some scientists are growing increasingly worried that ...

Look around your kitchen, and plastic is hiding everywhere. It is in your snack bags, food wraps, utensils, and even clinging to your leftovers. Those tiny plastic fragments? They are called ...

Kristin Hostetter is the Head of Sustainability at Outside Interactive, Inc. and the resident sustainability columnist on Outside Online. Hostetter has worked as a journalist in the outdoor industry ...

Anna Gragert (she/her/hers) was previously the lifestyle editor at HelloGiggles, deputy editor at So Yummy and senior lifestyle editor at Hunker. Over the past 10+ years, Anna has also written for the ...