Kitchen and Cookware

Best Plastic-Free Kitchen Tools 2026: The Cutting Boards, Knives, and Utensils I Actually Use

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Your plastic cutting board sheds up to 71 million microplastic particles into your food per year. Black plastic spatulas test positive for flame retardants. Here are the five plastic-free swaps I actually made: a hardwood cutting board, wooden utensils, glass mixing bowls, Pyrex measuring cups, and a chef’s knife with a sharpener.

Best Glass Food Storage Containers: 5 Sets I Actually Use (Stop Microwaving Plastic)

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OXO Good Grips Smart Seal glass storage containers

I threw out every piece of plastic food storage three years ago and never looked back. Here are the five glass sets I actually keep on rotation, sorted from the no-drama Pyrex starter to the freezer-to-oven Glasslock workhorse, with what to look for on the label and why borosilicate matters.