National Geographic news10mon
Eat your food, and the package too
To create new forms of food packaging to replace the unsustainable ... One team designed sheets of black plastic that folded into take-out containers (seen in image above) and could be returned ...
BBC3y
Plastic pollution: take-out food is littering the oceans
And 44% of this plastic litter related to take-out food and drinks. Single-use bottles, food containers and wrappers, and plastic bags made up the biggest share. "It was shocking to find out that ...
The Bellingham Herald1mon
Whatcom County waste hauler says it won’t accept these ‘problematic’ containers for recycling
Plastic takeout food containers are no longer being accepted ... SSC General Manager Ted Carlson told The Herald in an email that “take-out containers, primarily plastic clamshells, are ...
Rolling Out7d
Did you know these 8 toxic chemicals are hiding in your food packaging?
New research uncovers hundreds of dangerous chemicals in everyday food packaging that could be harming your health. Here's how to protect yourself.
Business Insider India3mon
New research reveals more than 3,600 food packaging chemicals in human bodies. Is it time we stopped eating food out of takeout containers?
According to Birgit Geueke, the lead author of the study from the Food Packaging Forum Foundation, some of these chemicals are well-known, while the health effects of others remain largely unexplored.