If a container is not microwave-safe, it can leach harmful chemicals into food. A best practice is to use a microwave-safe bowl or plate instead of microwaving food in a plastic container.

In the UK in February, plastic-free gum brand Nuud teamed up with plastic-free pollution company City to Sea to call on the UK government to ban plastic gum and for better labelling. The UK consumes ...

Let's just agree: We all have that one kitchen cupboard that is overflowing with plastic containers. Some are self-consciously bought, some are gifted, and some are used from takeout food. From ...

What follows are general rules and guidelines on which takeout containers can and can't be recycled and how best to recycle them. Plastic clamshell containers: Clear plastic takeout containers ...

The confectionery staple has come under scrutiny recently for its reliance on plastic, with campaigners urging manufacturers to seek a more sustainable gum. Meanwhile, consumers are increasingly ...

Thousands of tonnes of plastic pollution ... by listing “gum base” in the ingredients. There’s no strict definition of synthetic gum base. Chewing gum brand, Wrigley Extra partners with ...

The AU$6.5 million investment is big news for local consumers, with more of their favourite Extra gum bottle sugar-free ... around 2,200 kilometres of soft-plastic wrap per year, which is ...

which is consistent with our goal of reducing the amount of plastic packaging we use.” The Asquith site, which employs 190 people, will now manufacture more of Mars Wrigley’s popular sugar-free Extra ...

The study discovered that chewing gum is a significant source of ingestion of these small plastic particles, highlighting a previously unconsidered source of microplastic exposure. Microplastics ...

You could swallow them when you drink from single-use plastic water bottles. Now another source of microplastics in the body has been discovered: chewing gum ... to manage extra content that ...