Many common kitchen items like clamshells, foil and greasy pizza boxes often can’t go in curbside recycling. Food residue on ...

For many, the biggest decision to make at the grocery story is the very last one — do you want your food packed in paper bags or plastic bags? The stores clearly would rather you go with plastic bags.

Most moving boxes are recyclable, but it all depends on what the boxes are made of and what they contain. Clean (as in dry and not covered in food waste) cardboard moving boxes are recyclable as long ...

Tiernan Alexander (left) and Tim Eads, co-owners of Tuft the World, at their warehouse in Southwest Philly. (Sophia Schmidt/WHYY) If you’ve done a lot of your holiday shopping online, you may feel a ...

There are more ways than ever to get dinner on the table without leaving the house. Meal kits and prepared meal delivery services are two of my favorites, and right up there with meals from Blue Apron ...

State lawmakers have passed a law that they say will forever end the choice of "paper or plastic" in checkout lanes. Here, a conveyor belt carries mixed plastic at a recycling plant in Vernon. (Reed ...

Vermont achieved a statewide ban on plastic bags. Active since 2020, the ban led to a massive 91% drop in their use, according to an article published on Phys.org. The clear policy with public support ...