Whether from soda bottles, water bottles, or milk jugs, plastic bottles account for a huge amount of household waste. However ...

The point isn’t whether you take a full day or just an hour to drink your plastic water bottle; it will take most plastic ...

Polyethylene terephthalate (PET). Bottles made from PET are labeled with an RIC of "1." PET is a strong, light plastic often used for water, food, and carbonated beverages, like soda.‌ Unlike ...

About 55% of that plastic waste was discarded, 25% incinerated and 20% recycled, meaning the majority of the bottles visualised above would likely end up in the environment, landfill sites, or ...

Researchers at the University of British Columbia, Okanagan have devised a new way to take plastic bottles that often find their way into landfills to improve these same landfills and protect the ...

More than 1 million bottles of water are sold every minute around the world and the sector shows no sign of slowing down — global sales of bottled water are expected to nearly double by 2030.

For years, unrecycled plastic bottles have been dumped in landfills. Now, thanks to new research, those bottles may have a second life in that landfill -- stabilizing its earth walls.

The bottles can’t be recycled with PET, the standard plastic used in other bottles. If they accidentally land in a recycling bin, a recycling facility should be able to sort them out using ...

At this point, most people know that microplastics are everywhere. Scientists have shown that tiny particles, amounting to ...

The plastic CamelBak bottles displayed in a Target in East Hanover, N.J., offer a promise to ecologically conscious buyers. On the front of each is a bright blue sticker with the words “Tritan ...

More than 1 million bottles of water are sold every minute around the world and the sector shows no sign of slowing down — global sales of bottled water are expected to nearly double by 2030.