Lexington’s recycling center can not take plastic bags. The new effort will turn plastic bags collected into a bench for Lextran riders.

I don’t remember ever not having some sort of uses and re-used container being kicked around our back yard after it wore out ...

I always had trouble getting my family to eat leftovers. Since I refuse to waste food, I found a great way to reuse leftovers ...

How many pots is that? Nearly 242 million. Wow! Historically, more plants were sold as bare-root, ball and burlap, or in ...

Window panes, mirrors, light bulbs and tableware are impractical to recycle. Bottles and jars are usually fine. Compact ...

Micro- and nanoscale plastic particles can greatly increase how much toxic chemicals enter plants and human cells.

You may have seen images of seabirds that have built their nests on discarded nets, lengths of rope and other plastic litter, ...

Straws might seem insignificant, inspiring jokes about the plastic vs. paper debate, but the plastic straw has come to ...

Rutgers Health researchers find that tiny plastic particles increase the absorption of environmental arsenic and pesticides ...

President Donald Trump says he is banning federal use of paper straws, saying they “don’t work” and don’t last very long.