One particularly popular copypasta read as follows: Kids are putting Drano, tin foil, and a little water in plastic drink bottles and capping it up - leaving it on lawns, in mail boxes ...

But they're still better at ensuring clean water compared to traditional water dispensers or single-use plastic bottles. Because of that, I decided not to test these self-cleaning water bottles ...

If not for the privately run school in the community that charges low tuition and allows underprivileged parents to pay school fees with used plastic bottles, the children would have no access to ...

Planet or Plastic? is National Geographic’s multiyear effort to raise awareness about the global plastic trash crisis. Come to this page often to learn more, and find out what you can do to ...

From holding cleaning products to storing food. From using a jar in place of plastic Tupperware as part of your zero-waste kitchen to storing health and beauty products, or housing homemade preserves, ...

To keep things organized, some kits also come with a transparent bag to keep all of your bottles in one place (and save you from having to squeeze them into a flimsy plastic bag at security).

When I was a kid, September always began by heading to the garage to retrieve a box labeled “fall decor” from the towering stack of plastic Uline bins that lined the walls of my mother’s house.

The state led the nation in 2014 by banning single-use plastic bags, but a loophole actually led to more plastic waste. By Soumya Karlamangla Reporting from San Francisco Paper or paper?

There’s plastic wrap, storage bags and bins, clamshell takeout containers, beverage bottles, and condiment tubs, of course. Plastics (synthetic polymers) are also a component of the multi-layer ...