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2. From plastic cutting boards to nonstick pans, these 5 kitchen ...

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   Research published last year in the journal Environmental Science & Technology found that using a plastic cutting board can create up to 7,680 flecks of plastic, which can end up in your food ...

3. The Dirty Secret of Alternative Plastics - AOL

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   Practically speaking, there isn’t enough global supply of alternative materials to replace the amount of single-use plastic being produced today, and that may be a good thing, says Paula Luu ...

4. 'Dark Waters': Here's the toxic reason why you should toss ...

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   If you cook with nonstick pans purchased prior to 2014, you can assume they're coated with Teflon. ... If you do want to continue using nonstick cookware, you should replace items purchased prior ...

5. Non-stick surface - Wikipedia

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   Not all non-stick pans use Teflon; other non-stick coatings have become available. For example, a mixture of titanium and ceramic can be sandblasted onto the pan surface, and then fired at 2,000 °C (3,630 °F) to produce a non-stick ceramic coating. [19] Ceramic nonstick pans use a finish of silica (silicon dioxide) to prevent sticking.

6. Disposable food packaging - Wikipedia

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   Single-use cone cups were followed by the commercialization of single-use plates and bowls, wooden cutlery, and paper food wraps. By the 1930s these products were widely used to feed the men and women who worked on the remote dams, bridges and roads of the Works Progress Administration. In the 1940s they were used to feed defense factory workers.

7. Parchment paper - Wikipedia

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   A common use is to eliminate the need to grease sheet pans, allowing very rapid turn-around of batches of baked goods with minimal clean-up. Parchment paper is also used to cook en papillote , a technique where food is steamed or cooked within closed pouches made from parchment paper.