Question: Why can’t we put those platters that hold cheeses and fruits in with our recyclables? Aren’t they the same kind of plastic like other things we can recycle? Answer: It’s really not a ...

“Do you have kids that hate when their food touches?” reads the first line of an email that popped up in my inbox this morning, advertising corrals that separate foods on a plate. I am, in fact, ...

This piece originally appeared on Pacific Standard. When I was a sophomore in college, a near mutiny arose on campus after the administration announced that, forthwith, all plastic trays would be ...