Plastic food containers are convenient, but they're not right for every type of food. Learn which foods you shouldn't store in plastic containers, and the best alternatives to use instead.

If there's one cabinet in the kitchen that tends to cause the most stress, it's the one filled with food storage containers.

Someone putting the lid onto a plastic container with food inside - Kinga Krzeminska/Getty Images Plastic to-go containers have come through for all of us in the clutch more times than we can count.

Those crinkly plastic cartons are so much more than just a single-use receptacle for storing your favorite fruit.

While it’s generally OK to store food in plastic containers labeled with a 1, 2, 4, or 5, you should try to use glass. Plastic marked with a 3, 6, and 7 should be used minimally around food to limit ...

We use plastic tubs for everything from taking our sandwiches to work to storing food in the freezer and reheating leftovers in the microwave. But are they safe and should we be looking for ...

Consumers in Northern California can recycle rigid plastic candy containers at Olyns reverse vending machines in the San Francisco Bay Area. The Sweet Rewards Challenge began Oct. 25 at select retail ...