a water bottle cap will come in handy. For starters, it's great anytime you can give single-use plastic a second life. While ...

One of the simplest ways to start reducing your plastic footprint is by drinking from a reusable water bottle — a step that ...

It's well understood in the recycling business that the flow of discarded PET bottles into clothing and carpeting is ...

The problem of single-use plastic water bottles has long troubled environmentalists, as more and more plastic waste is sent to our landfills. However, some big companies are now looking at ways in ...

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Houston urges residents not to crush plastic bottles before recycling, ensuring sorting machines process them properly.

A new type of adhesive that can be cleanly removed from plastic bottles and packaging before disposal could lead to better-quality recycled plastic, a new study has shown. The adhesives used to ...

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If you look at the tag on a piece of clothing, you might see “recycled polyester” listed as one of the materials. Most recycled polyester that we use comes from plastic water and soda bottles! Using ...

A line of canned drinking water wants to change how St. Louisans think about recycling.