I used to grab a plastic water bottle without thinking twice. It was easy. Convenient. The thing you just did when you were thirsty and on the go. Looking back now, I realize I never questioned it.

European nations voted Friday to allow for chemical recycling to play a larger role in the production of plastic bottles, ...

A thriving business in Nigeria is selling soft drinks from plastic water bottles that have been thrown away. Are they safe? A significant issue with reusing water bottles is chemical leaching, which ...

SAN FRANCISCO— On San Francisco’s Ocean Beach, campaigners from Story of Stuff Project today created a massive sand art message visible from the sky, calling out the damage caused by beverage giant ...

Gym clothes, water and shampoo bottles, facial scrubs, car interiors, to-go boxes — plastic is everywhere. It also inevitably ends up in the ocean: There are now several massive garbage patches ...

While bottled water is convenient, especially when safe drinking water is unavailable, numerous studies have revealed that it might be wise to hold off on drinking it, if you can. Research on ...

Each year, billions of single-use plastic bottles end up in landfills or oceans. That waste problem keeps growing. Now, a new scientific breakthrough suggests those same bottles could help power your ...

The University of Colorado Boulder has begun eliminating all single-use plastics from its campus beverage services as of July 7. Instead of water and soda in plastic bottles in campus cafes and ...