I didn’t test melamine feeding tools because items made with the material are a form of plastic. Bamboo is another popular feeding tool material, but many bamboo plates, bowls, and cups are ...

Considering all of the 160,000 tons of plastic cups and plates produced in the U.S. in 2018 —the last year for which federal data is available — about 81 percent was landfilled and 19 percent ...

The plates are Lifepack's latest effort to reduce plastic waste worldwide. The 12-year-old company also makes sandwich containers and coffee cup sleeves ... with recycled paper, and flatten ...

Lately, synthetic materials like plastic and paper have started replacing these clay cups, as they are cheaper and more convenient for vendors to acquire. But the clay cups still persist in India.