Experts weigh in on when it is safe to use takeout containers for food storage and heating up leftovers. "Most food-safe containers from restaurants can be used as storage for a short period of time, ...

Those crinkly plastic cartons are so much more than just a single-use receptacle for storing your favorite fruit.

Dear Heloise: Since I live alone and don’t have to cook much, I eat a lot of frozen (healthy) meals. I save the plastic containers after I clean them and use them as various storage containers in my ...

Dear Heloise: Since I live alone and don’t have to cook much, I eat a lot of frozen (healthy) meals. I save the plastic containers after I clean them and use them as various storage containers in my ...

Call us armchair psychologists, but you can learn a lot about a person from the containers they hoard long after the food is gone. After finishing the contents of the silky Persian yogurt—sour cherry ...

Gardeners are the great tenders of earth, so it's really no surprise to find that many of them are reusing plastic containers as a tool to protect their garden from the cold. Reusing plastic is a ...

When you start making more things at home, syrups, salves, jams, cleaners, ferments, you realise pretty fast that “just stick ...

Plastic containers are ending up in landfills and oceans all over the world as more countries stop accepting our recycled goods. This is adding up: The average American uses and throws away 110 pounds ...