Over the past decade, it's come to light that plastic recycling is mostly bogus – essentially a marketing scheme crafted by the oil industry. (Raw plastic materials come from fossil fuel production.) ...

Myth: Plastic bottles can't be recycled; Fact: Water bottles can be recycled approximately 6 times – but only 3 in 10 make it into a recycling bin "There's a big misconception that plastic can't be ...

After draining a water bottle, it might be tempting to fill it back up from the tap without a second thought. But can you really reuse plastic water bottles? Plastic bottles don't seem to be going ...

People have long been told that recycling is an effective way to prevent pollution and help the environment. But rumors that the plastics you put in the recycling bin wind up in a landfill instead ...

Discover how to create a compact DIY submersible water pump using a small DC motor and recycled plastic bottles. This step-by-step tutorial covers everything from effective motor waterproofing and ...

Naya Spring Water, based in Canada, announced that it is introducing a plastic bottle that uses 100 percent recycled plastic. The company claims that the bottle is the first one to use 100 percent ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... If someone told me 10 years ago that people would willingly pay over $5 for a one-gallon container of water, I would have scoffed. Yet here we are buying ...

In Seattle, as in most cities around the country, there are a number of items that you aren’t supposed to put in the curbside recycling bin: bubble wrap, for instance, or multilayer plastic packaging ...

Kalamazoo, is the sponsor of legislation to extend the state’s bottle deposit law so that it will include containers of noncarbonated beverages, water and hard cider. Voters overwhelmingly passed the ...