I've used plastic containers to heat food in the microwave for years. I bet plenty of people routinely use plastic containers that are safe for the microwave, even if only to cover the plate of food ...

I consulted a public health professor and a toxicologist to understand how microplastics enter food and whether microwaving poses any special risks. Pamela is a freelance food and travel writer based ...

Microwaving food in plastic containers is a go-to for reheating leftovers or warming up a homemade lunch at work. But what about plastic wrap—can it also go into the microwave? The truth is that while ...

It turns out that the black plastic lid atop your coffee cup has a superpower. And the Stache Lab at Princeton Chemistry, ...

Researchers have shown that a common plastic additive called carbon black can depolymerize polystyrene and polyvinyl chloride (PVC), two of the least recycled plastics in the planet’s waste stream It ...

In a recent study published in Engineering, researchers have made significant strides in the enzymatic depolymerization of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) through β-sheet engineering of IsPETase. The ...

This startling mechanism for promoting depolymerization relies on an additive that many plastics already contain: a pigment called carbon black that gives plastic its black color. Through a process ...