If you're up for a DIY, try any of these fun ways to reuse plastic bottles in your home and backyard. See ideas for outdoor ...

Americans, on average, toss out about three quarters of a pound of plastic each day, according to researchers at Oxford University. Most of that trash winds up in a landfill. As someone who loves ...

Single-use plastic containers make up a huge amount of the world’s waste, but so far no one has come up with a good way to replace them that’s also easy for consumers and cost-effective. Algramo may ...

Denmark's New Loop offers businesses a reusable container service with a refundable deposit. India's elaborate tiffin ...

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Only 5% to 6% of the 46 million tons of plastic waste generated annually in the U.S. gets recycled, a big dip from the last estimate of nearly 9% just a few years ago, according to a new study by two ...

Plastic bags, bottles and takeout containers usually disappear into bins, landfills, or waterways. Julian Brown wants to turn that ugly end point into a fuel tank. The Georgia inventor behind ...