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Guidance and Research

We're Building a Hub for Plastic Free Decisions
One Month In: What We Have Learned about Plastics and What We Are Still Trying to Figure Out

One Month In: What We Have Learned about Plastics and What We Are Still Trying to Figure Out

|Ryan Stanley
Our research journey is shifting how we think about plastic exposure and raising questions we didn't expect. It's been one month since we launched Plastic Free Living, and most of...
Why I’m Launching This Site (and Where It’s Headed)

Why I’m Launching This Site (and Where It’s Headed)

|Ryan Stanley
The inspiration for Plastic Free Living - Research, product guidance, and testing.  

Guidance and Research
Lab Testing for Nanoplastics: Why no single test tells the whole story

Lab Testing for Nanoplastics: Why no single test tells the whole story

|Ryan Stanley
Methods, Limitations, and What to Expect We wanted to start testing products for nanoplastics. What we found was a field still figuring itself out. Nanoplastics are plastic particles smaller than...

Product Testing
Plastic-Free and PFAS-Free Dental Floss: Only Silk Passed

Plastic-Free and PFAS-Free Dental Floss: Only Silk Passed

|Ryan Stanley
Why I Am Changing My Floss I started looking into plastic-free dental floss because I wanted to stop putting plastic in my mouth twice a day.  The first thing I...
Metal and Ceramic Only: My Pick for the Best Plastic-Free Salt and Pepper Grinders

Metal and Ceramic Only: My Pick for the Best Plastic-Free Salt and Pepper Grinders

|Ryan Stanley
How the HexClad HexMill set stacks up against Männkitchen, Luvan, and the old guard I want to get plastic out of my kitchen. Not in a dramatic, throw-everything-away-overnight kind of...
I’m Done with Plastic Cutting Boards

I’m Done with Plastic Cutting Boards

|Ryan Stanley
Why I’m Going Solid Wood (and Stress‑Testing Five Etsy Boards) For years, plastic cutting boards were my default. They’re cheap, common, and “easy” (toss them in the dishwasher and keep...