Research reveals food packaging releases plastic particles. Microplastics contaminate common foods and drinks. Opening ...

Researchers systematically mapped the evidence on micro-, meso-, and nanoplastics migrating from plastic food-contact ...

A major review finds plastic particles enter food through packaging, processing, and repeated use—explaining how they end up ...

FRIDAY, June 27, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Opening a bottle or unwrapping a piece of deli meat could be adding tiny plastic ...

Our world is saturated by plastic we don’t really need. Just take a look at one of the most common and persistent culprits : ...

In an article published in npj Science of Food, scientists led by the Food Packaging Forum show that the normal and intended ...

Step 1: Separating food waste. At the top of the landfill, workers pick through green waste spread across the ground, getting rid of plastic and other contaminants.

A plastic bag along a roadside in Sacramento, Calif., Oct. 25, 2013. Photo: Associated Press Doesn’t everyone put items from the produce department of a grocery store into thin plastic bags?

The Problem With Plastic Bags. Plastic bags start out as fossil fuels and end up as deadly waste in landfills and the ocean. Birds often mistake shredded plastic bags for food, filling their stomachs ...

Plastics is roughly 10% of our waste stream and .1% of that 10% is plastic bags which equates to 838 tons. The City plans to do another waste audit in Calendar Year 2026.