Are Bamboo Toothbrush Bristles Actually Biodegradable?
The handle composts. The bristles are nylon, on every brush you can buy, and the best-known brand contradicts itself about them on two of its own pages.
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Are Laundry Detergent Sheets Actually Plastic-Free?
The sheet that dissolves in your washing machine is a polymer film. Whether that matters is one of the few environmental arguments where the campaigning side lost at the regulator.
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Do the Recycling Numbers on Plastic Mean Anything?
The little triangle was never a recycling promise, the standard dropped the arrows in 2013, and the industry that put it there has admitted on the record what it was for.
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Do Plastic Cutting Boards Shed Microplastics Into Your Food?
A 2023 study put numbers on what your knife does to a plastic board, and the numbers are large. The same paper ran a toxicity test that came back clean. Both halves are true.
