"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." One of the simplest ways to start reducing your plastic footprint is by drinking from a reusable water ...

If you live in one of the 10 U.S. states with a bottle deposit program, you’re probably familiar with the idea of feeding your empty plastic bottles or aluminum cans into a machine and getting a few ...

A green accounting method called “mass balance” certifies that something was manufactured with recycled plastic — just not necessarily much of the bottle making the claim. By Julie Creswell and Hiroko ...

PROVIDENCE – If there’s a model for policymakers as they consider the creation of a bottle bill aimed at boosting Rhode Island’s middling recycling rate, it may be Oregon. The West Coast state was the ...

Recycled polyester activewear and swimwear are now everywhere. Major global brands sell leggings, swimsuits and puffer ...

Bristol resident Chris Hayden said he never brought his used cans back to the supermarket to get the 10 cent deposit until he heard about a new way to return bottles and cans that he says is faster, ...

Doğa is using Starlinger PET beverage bottle-to-bottle recycling equipment at a facility in northwestern Turkey. The two installed Starlinger lines at DoğaPET have combined output capacity of 28,000 ...

Closed Loop Partners’ Center for the Circular Economy has released a report on recovery pathways for prescription pill bottles in the U.S. with the goal of identifying practical opportunities to ...

Starting from 2030, colorless polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles used for water or beverages must contain at least 30% ...