Plastic cutting boards are one of the softest options when it comes to choosing the perfect material, often preventing knife damage compared to its steel or wooden counterparts. However, there is actually a detrimental reason to avoid using them. The biggest issue with plastic cutting boards is the heavy prevalence of microplastics they release into food. A 2023 study published in the Environmental Science & Technology journal provided evidence that chopping food items on a polyethylene cutting board released a large amount of microplastics. The scientists running the experiment estimated that over 79.4 million polypropylene microplastics are released from chopping boards annually.
