I didn’t test melamine feeding tools because items made with the material are a form of plastic. Bamboo is another popular feeding tool material, but many bamboo plates, bowls, and cups are ...

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Considering all of the 160,000 tons of plastic cups and plates produced in the U.S. in 2018 —the last year for which federal data is available — about 81 percent was landfilled and 19 percent ...

An odd thought crossed Katsuhiko Sakakibara's mind upon spying a mound of garbage made up of plastic plates, cups and containers at a local gourmet event: What if you could eat them? Sakakibara ...

Expanded polystyrene foam, the white fluffy plastic in styrofoam, was banned in food service ware on Jan. 1. But shoppers in ...

Stacking your plastic plates and cups in the same spot as the rest of your dishware can look a bit unorganized. As a result, you may have turned to storing things out of sight in hard-to-reach ...

The plates are Lifepack's latest effort to reduce plastic waste worldwide. The 12-year-old company also makes sandwich containers and coffee cup sleeves that contain seeds from edible plants like ...