Experts weigh in on when it is safe to use takeout containers for food storage and heating up leftovers.

It's inevitable that one of your food storage lids will go missing, or maybe break if it's made of certain materials. Don't toss the container; reuse it.

We're getting better at reducing our kitchen waste. We store food properly to keep it fresh longer, compost, and try to buy food in recyclable containers at the supermarket whenever possible. But what ...

For a creative and inexpensive way to add rustic decor to your kitchen, use glass jars as a storage solution for your countertops. Glass jars not only declutter and reduce dependence on plastic ...

Dear Heloise: Since I live alone and don’t have to cook much, I eat a lot of frozen (healthy) meals. I save the plastic containers after I clean them and use them as various storage containers in my ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Reusing plastic takeout containers might seem eco-friendly, but experts say some plastics can degrade with heat and time, ...

Call us armchair psychologists, but you can learn a lot about a person from the containers they hoard long after the food is gone. After finishing the contents of the silky Persian yogurt—sour cherry ...

Reusing plastic takeout containers seems like an easy, eco-friendly way to cut down on waste, but beneath the good intention is a question that keeps swirling: What happens when that plastic is reused ...

Dear Heloise: Since I live alone and don’t have to cook much, I eat a lot of frozen (healthy) meals. I save the plastic containers after I clean them and use them as various storage containers in my ...

Gardeners are the great tenders of earth, so it's really no surprise to find that many of them are reusing plastic containers as a tool to protect their garden from the cold. Reusing plastic is a ...