“Filtering water can help with minimizing microplastic, but do your homework,” says Kelly Leviker, beyond plastics advocate for the non-profit consumer organization Public Interest Research Group. “ ...

A major review finds plastic particles enter food through packaging, processing, and repeated use—explaining how they end up ...

More Than Half of Plastic Food Packaging Can Be Replaced, According to a New Study. UK-based DS Smith undertook an extensive field analysis — here's what it found.

Researchers systematically mapped the evidence on micro-, meso-, and nanoplastics migrating from plastic food-contact articles (FCAs) into food. While most studies report migration, only a small ...

President Donald Trump at the White House after signing an order for the federal government to replace paper straws with plastic on February 10, 2025, in Washington D.C. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images ...

They suggest avoid using plastic takeout containers for hot food. More on plastics: Microplastics Getting Stuck in Brain Vessels Like Clots, Scientists Find, Causing "Neurological Abnormalities ...

Despite a ban by FSSAI on packing food in plastic carry bags and waste papers, and HDMC's ongoing raids on shops violating the rule, unsanitary food packaging continues in Hubballi-Dharwad.

The costs of paper vs. plastic Part of Trump’s executive order was aimed at reducing the price of paper straws, which can cost between five to 12 cents per unit.

Trump’s order revokes a Biden policy phasing out federal purchases of single-use plastics in food service, events and packaging by 2027, as well as from all government operations by 2035. “It ...