Material Cutting Boards

I was also curious about this, but I'd caution the premise we can "as a fact" say it's better. Maybe it's worse. The journalist Marcus Christenson dug into this a bit here: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/ma...

Here's a newer 2026 review by some Rutger environmental scientists:
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2515...
concluding "it is impossible to draw any overall conclusions that ‘bioplastics’ as a group are more or less toxic than conventional plastics, but it would be incorrect to conclude that they are in general more ‘environmentally friendly.’"

wooden cutting boards: also interested...

I remember reading that bioplastics are actually more toxic to the liver because they break down more easily when exposed to hot foods as compared to traditional plastics.

For wooden cutting boards, see my recommendation here.
https://recleague.com/pawan/r/88051-wooden-cutt...

And my overall collection for plastic-free living.
https://recleague.com/pawan/collections/plastic...

Thank you for looking into this! As a non-expert, I have a hard time telling where the boundary between rosy marketing and hard science goes here. I noticed the scientific survey article said: "Plastic products may include a wide variety (possibly hundreds) of chemicals in addition to the main polymer(s), and at least some of the observed toxic effects are believed to be associated with them, rather than the polymers themselves. In fact, degradation of the polymer may release these toxic compounds more rapidly or in greater concentrations then occurs with conventional plastics."
I'm not sure what these additives are... maybe the colorants used to dye the board?