In the public’s mind, and to many governments and industry groups, recycling happens any time a used product is refashioned into something new. It’s this definition that allows so many T-shirts, tote ...

Polypropylene is a type of plastic used to make everything from yogurt containers to water bottles. It's easy to recycle and is one of the most popular plastics used today. You'll know a piece of ...

Though the average lifespan varies, experts suggest that certain types—like hard plastic bottles—should be replaced every year. At the same time, stainless steel models may last for well up to ...

More than 900 million plastic bottles and cans have been returned since the Deposit Return Scheme was launched last year, operator Re-turn said today. Re-turn said that in December, over five ...

On Tuesday night, Margo Martin, Trump’s deputy director of communications, announced on X that he had “received the first ever Presidential Commemorative Inaugural Diet Coke bottle,” along ...

But this time, the urban landscape is different: Modern homes are full of plastic, turning house fires ... If you threw a two-liter soda bottle on a campfire (which is a highly inadvisable thing ...

I have been using workout shoes for as long as I can remember, and those shoes have evolved over the years from the pair of beat-up Nikes I wore in high school to the Asics and Converses I had for ...

Due to ocean currents gyrating swirls of garbage like fishing nets, plastic water bottles, and other items that wash out of landfills, a floating garbage patch exists throughout the world’s gyres.

Saudi Arabia: 1. The European Union and its allies: 0. As the dust settles on last month’s failed United Nations negotiations to end plastic pollution, high-ambition countries in Europe and elsewhere ...

If you consume bottled water on a regular basis, you’ll probably have an abundance of empty bottles ready to recycle. But before you throw them all out, there are some clever ways you can ...

In May 2021, Turkiye announced an import ban on ethylene polymer plastic waste, commonly used in food packaging and containers such as bottles. It was repealed within days of implementation ...