Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner has spent over a decade working as a writer in New York City. She currently covers all aspects of food, dining, travel and lifestyle trends and the intersection of culture, ...

Your plastic cutting boards might leach microplastic particles into your food. Replace them with non-toxic models from brands ...

Plastic is cheap, easy to clean and comes in an array of fun colors, making it a popular choice for kitchen staples ranging from colanders to salad spinners to spatulas. Lately, however, there have ...

Monica is a Newsweek reporter based in Boston. Her focus is reporting on breaking news. Monica joined Newsweek in 2024. She is a graduate of Clark University, with a master's from both Clark ...

It's a plastic world out there. About 460 million metric tons of the material are made each year, according to the United Nations, and some scientists are growing increasingly worried that ...