The main claim: Using black plastic to stir things in your pots and pans over heat can release chemicals into your food that you will ingest. One study even suggests that the main problem is the ...

Soon after journalist Zoë Schlanger wrote the piece “Throw Out Your Black Plastic Spatula ... you’re heating up your plastic, you don’t want to be. You’d rather be using something else like glass or ...

That concentrated heat breaks down a plastic ... black, does the job. The researchers collected postconsumer items made of polystyrene—such as food containers, coffee cup lids, plant pots ...

The main claim: Using black plastic to stir things in your pots and pans over heat can release chemicals into your food that you will ingest. One study even suggests that the main problem is the ...

P., my best guess is that you know of a nitty gritty recycling detail: One exception to the plastic "container" rule is that those flimsy, tearable black flower pot liners and seedling plug trays ...

Traditional black plastic plant pots are being replaced with a new colour. The change will allow the pots to be put straight into household recycling for the first time. The switch is being driven ...

The magazine asked a sample of 75 UK councils, out of more than 400, and only a fraction – nine of them – said they recycled plant pots. Most plastics are recyclable but black plastic ...

Black plastic containers and other items were found to contain chemicals that can be harmful to our health If you wanted to, you could easily identify types of food from their takeout container.

Health experts are urging caution regarding black plastic food containers due to the presence of toxic flame-retardant chemicals that can leach into food, potentially disrupting hormonal systems ...

Starting Jan. 1, black plastic, which isn’t compatible with recycling equipment, was included in that ban’s enforcement. With a fresh nudge from city inspectors, restaurants are getting up to ...