The material in question is called black plastic, and many cheaper kitchen utensils - spatulas, fish slices and serving spoons, for instance - are made from this recycled material, which can ...
On a pristine beach in Gippsland, a team of scientists are dumping plastic rubbish. Their littering is extremely precise. When they're done, 14 squares of trash — each exactly 2 square metres ...
If you have a black spatula in your kitchen, or other black plastic items around your house like takeout containers or children’s toys, they could contain high levels of toxic flame retardants.
Zoë Schlanger, reporting for The Atlantic, on how your black plastic spatula might be made of e-waste: For the past several years, I’ve been telling my friends what I’m going to tell you: Throw out ...