Some 40 million tons of reusable plastic cutlery get thrown away every year, most of them after a single use. This plastic can take up to 1,000 years to break down in the environment. Meanwhile, they ...

We've all used plastic utensils at picnics, with takeout, or at the office kitchen. Some of us even gather and keep excess plastic spoons, forks, and knives so we can use them some other time. There's ...

Send your question to Umbra! Q. We get cute, colorful, (supposedly) biodegradable plastic spoons at a local frozen yogurt joint. They would be perfect to reuse for my 2-year-old son, except that I’m ...

Lyn Chen came home from high school one day and saw her mom washing a plastic spoon. Her automatic response was, 'why would she bother when they're disposable?' But, after her mom explained that if ...