This is despite the energy and water used for their cleaning. Disposable clear-plastic containers needed to be reused even fewer times -- only five -- to become better for the carbon footprint ...

This is despite the energy and water used for their cleaning. Disposable clear-plastic containers needed to be reused even fewer times - only five - to become better for the carbon footprint than ...

Loading Disposable food containers are generally made of plastic resins mixed with some additives, said Leung. Additives are chemical substances that could improve the performance of the plastic ...

They looked at aluminium, polystyrene (styrofoam) and polypropylene (disposable clear plastic) containers. These were compared to reusable plastic containers, such as Tupperware. The study found ...

We've all probably been guilty of this recycling no-no at least once — discarding a disposable coffee cup ... paper in your compost or mulch. Plastic containers that contained food can't be ...

The study also found that reusable Tupperware containers had a lower carbon footprint than disposable styrofoam when they were reused more than 18 times. This is despite the energy and water used for ...