Using plastic food containers may be a cost-effective option for storing leftovers, but it also has some dangerous drawbacks.

Recycling the wrong things makes the whole system run slower. Here are seven takeout containers that don't belong in your recycling bin.

Recycling takeout containers properly requires know-how. Here's what an expert told us about disposing of pizza boxes, Chinese containers, aluminum tins and other popular food vessels.

Why recycling plastic isn't as effective as you think, according to industry critics 01:57. Americans' use of plastic boomed during the pandemic, including mountains of single-use items such as ...

Some Long Island nurseries and big-box stores are offering an eco-friendly solution. They are offering to recycle the containers, keeping them out of landfills and repurposing them for other uses.

Thank you for carefully rinsing, sorting, and recycling your plastic containers — but plastic is trash and trying to recycle it is futile, Greenpeace said in a bombshell October 2022 report.

Recycling plastic has long been a guessing game and the “chasing arrow” stamped on the bottom of your strawberry container or shampoo bottle typically adds to the frustration of where it ...

Site manager Levar Davis points at bales of sorted plastic for recycling in a warehouse at Sierra Processing on Monday, Feb. 24, 2025, in Albany, N.Y.

There was a plastic tomato container, which definitely belonged in there, but with the film still attached. That part probably didn’t belong. And, it looked like my husband put the broken turkey ...

Of the 11 flame retardants found in the products tested, however, none is regulated in recycled plastic, Toxic-Free Future, the environmental advocacy group that led the study, said in its statement.