Plastic food containers are invaluable for storing fresh produce, baked goods, and leftovers. But did you know you probably ...

Jeannette Wright constantly reuses plastic food containers, whether it’s to carry snacks for her two young sons or store last night’s dinner in the fridge. That is, until they get dirty. Or she loses ...

A look at the origins of a ubiquitous but humble object—and why design experts and collectors are obsessed with it Take-out beverage lids collected in the '90s and early '00s, photographed by ...

MILWAUKEE — Jeannette Wright constantly reuses plastic food containers, whether it’s to carry snacks for her two young sons or store last night’s dinner in the fridge. That is, until they get dirty.

I don’t even need to open my kitchen cabinet right now to see that dozens of my plastic food storage containers are stained every color of the rainbow: spaghetti red, curry yellow, and even a lovely ...