Eater Dallas editor Courtney Smith eschews most hard-sided containers altogether and prefers regular old Ziploc storage bags instead. “They’re great for anything that is malleable and for when you need to make room in the fridge,” she says.

Any time a plastic food storage container becomes scratched or cracked, stained, punctured, begins to smell, loses a lid or the lid no longer fits securely, or becomes textured, it’s time to throw it out.

Tupperware, the renowned plastic food container company, has filed for bankruptcy after years of dwindling sales and increasing competition. The US-based firm, which operates its UK headquarters in Milton Keynes has entered Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings due to a sustained decrease in demand over the past decade.