But plastic food storage bags—used to store everything ... to stand-up mega (104 fluid ounces). The weight of the bag is printed on it, so grocers can charge you for purchases without including ...

It’s greener and cheaper to reuse, but not necessarily safer. When using plastic bags to store food there are certain instances in which you can reuse them, such as when they are being utilized ...

Re-usable beeswax wraps are a sustainable alternative to storing food in plastic bags and cling film. You can buy them in multiple sizes – like the pretty hand-printed wraps sold by Sydney ...

When preparing frozen food, many of us grab plastic bags, stuffing our freezer's drawers full of goodies. It seems like the ...

For Hernandez, the results of the study of plastic tea bags is another reason for consumers to be conscious about the packaging of their food and drink. Brewing loose leaf tea and avoiding ...

While McDonald’s and Starbucks recently announced plans to stop offering single-use plastic straws in the future, America's largest grocer is taking an even bigger stand to cut plastic waste.

prepared food or other retail goods, and thin, flexible “plastic film bags”; still permissible are handleless bags in which customers place loose produce, nuts, grains, coffee and baked goods ...

“There are lots of little hidden ways plastic can get into the tea bags,” Dr. Hampson said. Microplastics can enter our blood and tissues from the food we eat and the air we breathe.

"I don't know how we are going to stop our people from tying hot food in plastic bags because the heat helps those plastic bags produce biotoxins. These biotoxins infiltrate our food and they are ...

In addition, some labor unions, including the Illinois Pipe Trades Association and AFL-CIO, oppose the move to do away with foam food containers ... polystyrene and plastic bags and that the ...