Do you have some plastic fruit containers just lying around? Don't throw them out quite yet! Here are four creative ways that ...

Plastic fruit containers are reusable in countless ways. Instead of throwing them out, try repurposing your used plastic ...

Gardeners are the great tenders of earth, so it's really no surprise to find that many of them are reusing plastic containers as a tool to protect their garden from the cold. Reusing plastic is a ...

Dear Heloise: Since I live alone and don’t have to cook much, I eat a lot of frozen (healthy) meals. I save the plastic containers after I clean them and use them as various storage containers in my ...

Outside a Savannah, Georgia, apartment building on a recent evening, next to a food truck serving up po’boys, is a small box truck emblazoned with green leaves. Inside are wooden shelves of reusable ...

It's become part of just about everything we use every single day. You know what I'm talking about. (SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "THE GRADUATE") WALTER BROOKE: (As Mr. McGuire) Just one word. DUSTIN HOFFMAN: ...

How much time do you spend rummaging through that drawer of containers looking for the matching lid? To reduce the clutter, ...

Talks aimed at a global treaty to cut plastic pollution fizzled in Geneva this week, with no agreement to meaningfully reduce the harms to human health and the environment that come with the millions ...

Trying to recycle the wrong materials only clogs up the system. We asked a recycling expert about the dos and don'ts of recycling takeout boxes.

Plastic grocery bags are no friend to the environment, but they're hard to avoid altogether. Plastic bags can’t be put out for recycling, so reusing them whenever possible is ideal. But how do you ...