Can’t find your twine to bundle that pile of recyclables? Try reader Norm Hoch’s slick solution to reuse your plastic bottles. Cut the bottom 4 inches off a 1/2-gallon plastic milk or orange ...

A pile of about 300 tons of inbound single stream recyclable trash is delivered for sorting at Sierra Processing. A recycling symbol is seen on a laundry detergent bottle in a bale of plastic for ...

Instead of tossing those plastic bottles into the recycling bin, stow them in your garage. Once you have a solid pile (we're talking a few hefty trash bags full), you'll have enough to craft your ...

NOAA warns the slivers of plastic have become “pervasive in natural and built environments” and are found in every ecosystem ...

From takeout containers to water bottles, plastic seems unavoidable ... Here’s how As plastic waste piles up in the world’s landfills, sewer systems and oceans, the United Nations has set ...

When photographer Mandy Barker returned to the English beach where she collected shells as a child, she found a baby’s car seat and a refrigerator among piles ... of plastic bottles that are ...

The gruesome discovery was made in a pile of rubbish behind a hotel on the outskirts of Daund, India, with local hospitals ...

A 76-year-old man attempting to do his part for the environment by collecting discarded plastic bottles and taking them to a recycling unit in Merton has been fined for fly-tipping. Peter Dazeley, a ...