Both plastic and glass are fairly easy on the environment to produce, but are often very tricky, costly, and intense to recycle. When you factor in all of the water used to decontaminate plastic ...

The toothpaste aisle can be a confusing place, with a huge variety of claims touted on product labels. Companies tend to emphasize one possible benefit of a toothpaste, but that doesn’t mean ...

That black plastic spatula in your kitchen drawer? It may be time to toss it. Recently, there’s been lots of buzz about the dangers of cooking with black plastic utensils — think spoons ...

Consumer goods makers like Colgate look to develop new versions of household staples like toothpaste, dish soap and toilet paper to encouraging consumers to buy more and pay steeper prices.