Only certain takeout containers are recyclable in most places. Putting errant boxes in the blue bin only clogs up the system.

Many Washingtonians took to Reddit on Wednesday to post their questions about the new bins and discuss the food waste ...

gathering data on their frequency of takeout consumption and exposure to plastic containers. They then analyzed this information to determine if there was a potential link between plastic exposure ...

But are they safe and should we be looking for alternatives? For many of us, plastic containers are part of our daily lives; we use them to store, freeze, heat and transport a variety of different ...