While single-stream recycling is convenient, it has downsides. Contamination, such as food residue, plastic bags and items that can’t be recycled, can degrade the quality of the remaining material, ...

Much plastic waste is soiled and composed of several different layers, making it too complex for the usual recycling method ...

Artist Cindy Pease Roe’s creative process starts with what washes up on shore. Rope, fishing line, netting and other marine ...

Let us begin this story in bubbles … with “Barbie Spa Day.” See 12-inch Barbara Millicent Roberts (Barbie) and friends ...

Coca-Cola is under pressure to disclose its investments in reusable bottles — and it's all thanks to this environmental activist fund.

Amazon has yet to set a deadline for when it will eliminate plastic-padded shipping bags, or make a commitment to eliminate the remaining single-use plastic used in its shipments, including other ...

The recycling symbol isn’t copyrighted, which means any plastic-producing company can slap it on their products, even if they aren’t recyclable. That piece of paper or plastic that we supposed ...

Last August, I learned of a new study that revealed that the human brains studied were nearly 0.5% plastic by weight. Let ...

Hagan McEntee’s legislation — described as a so-called “bottle bill” — would impose at 10-cent deposit on the purchase of each bottled or canned beverage. That deposit would then be refunded if the ...

But tossing your glass in here is the easy part. Behind the scenes, local authorities and recycling companies scurry to collect these bottles and jars to transport them to a recycling facility. This ...

Recycling plastic is a great way to reduce environmental impact. Plastic is one of the most commonly used materials, yet when it ends up in the landfill, it can take up to 500 years to break down, ...

With its vintage-inspired cobalt blue glass bottles and 150-year heritage, Saratoga Spring Water encapsulates the pinnacle of ...