This article is part of CNN Underscored’s Earth Week, a weeklong focus on our planet and ways to celebrate and preserve it. We’ll be featuring tips on how to live more sustainably, products to help ...

Following the opening of its new material recovery facility (MRF) in Columbus, Ohio, earlier this summer, Rumpke Waste & Recycling will expand the recyclables it accepts to include clamshell plastic ...

The seven recycling symbols on plastic packaging reveal more than you might think, but not all are recycled the same way in ...

Plastic water bottles can be surprisingly useful around the house. Here are six smart ways to reuse them instead of tossing ...

Americans, on average, toss out about three quarters of a pound of plastic each day, according to researchers at Oxford University. Most of that trash winds up in a landfill. As someone who loves ...

Single-use plastic containers make up a huge amount of the world’s waste, but so far no one has come up with a good way to replace them that’s also easy for consumers and cost-effective. Algramo may ...

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Plastic bags, bottles and takeout containers usually disappear into bins, landfills, or waterways. Julian Brown wants to turn ...