So plastic recycling seems like a good idea and true salvation not only to us, but our nature. Plastic bottles can be used for many DIY ideas, from making garden decorations and brooms to ottoman ...

Keep reading to learn where to donate plastic bottle caps near you, how to recycle curbside, and what kind of art projects you can make with these leftover materials. Where to donate plastic ...

As we consider the best ways to reduce the plastic we use, reuse the plastic we make, and recycle the plastic we no longer need, here are four ideas that ... refillable water bottle and coffee ...

At the recycling facility, water and soda bottles made with PET are separated from the other plastics. Then, the PET plastic bottles pass through a ... Even so, scientists are still coming up with new ...

This 3D printed machine, although made out of plastic, is made out of repurposed water bottles that have been ... As far as recycling goes, this is a great effort to keep at least some of it ...

One word – plastics – was the career advice in the 1967 movie, “The Graduate.” Sixty years later, that advice is haunting us. We’re being buried by synthetic chemicals molded ...

The U.S. recycling rate for plastic bottles made from PET, typically derived from petroleum, was 28% in 2009, compared to nearly 50% in Europe. Mike Esterl explains why on Lunch Break.

Plastic waste in Nigeria presents a dual challenge: cleaning up environmental pollution, and tapping into its economic ...

The D.C. Council is considering legislation that would allow people to return used bottles ... plastic trash. It is only fair, Sherard argued, for bottling companies to bear some of the cost of ...

If passed, Nadeau said the bill would make a significant impact in the District's recycling ecosystem Nadeau said plastic bottles alone account for 60% of the weight of all trash in the Anacostia ...