Your sprinkler, drip system, and hoses are likely made up of PVC, poly, and plastic. While those materials are fairly ...

Here at Family Handyman, we’ve accumulated a lot of helpful household hints over the years. These tips and hints can be used ...

SWACO expands recycling and accepts clear plastic containers used for food, urging proper cleaning before disposal.

New research has detected high levels of flame retardants in some toys, kitchen utensils and other household items made from recycled black plastic. But the potential health effects remain unclear.

By Hiroko Tabuchi Scientists have found plastic pollution almost everywhere they have looked. In clouds. On Mount Everest. In Arctic snow. Now, for the first time, tiny plastic particles have been ...

The final treaty text must make clear that all microplastics are within scope and call for actions against all sizes and types of plastic pollution. Appropriate actions include environmental ...

Consumers want something to be done about plastic pollution. Recycling is something. Therefore oil companies, manufacturers and retailers are doing it. The trouble is, many of these initiatives ...

Over the past decade, it's come to light that plastic recycling is mostly bogus – essentially a marketing scheme crafted by the oil industry. (Raw plastic materials come from fossil fuel production.) ...

Is that correct?” So the composting rules for the new brown bins allow them to be lined with clear plastic, paper or compostable bags or (the best option, but a challenge for people without a hose) ...

We’ll need clear management strategies and policies to cut plastic consumption and improve waste disposal. Doing nothing means microplastics will keep building up, and up, and up.