We've rounded up several ways you can reuse plastic jugs and bottles. And the best part, these super-resourceful ideas don’t ...

A 2024 study by the French NGO Agir pour l’Environnement found that repeatedly opening and closing plastic soda bottles ...

How Are Plastic Bottles Made? Plastics are made from oil or natural gas, which are made of molecules called hydrocarbons. When you heat hydrocarbons to very high temperatures, they break down into ...

It's not your imagination: Beverage containers for milk, soda and water have gotten harder to open in recent years because their plastic screw top caps have been shortened to save plastic.

Back in 2010, we investigated a claim that homemade bombs – made out of popular drain clog remover Drano and aluminum inside a plastic bottle – presented a real danger to the public.

A study published in the Genomic Press earlier this month states how plastic water bottles are the “biggest source [for microplastics] by far.” Therefore, should one make the switch from ...

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 ...

Randa Lindsey Kachef does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations ...

It is safe to drink from plastic bottles and eat food stored in plastic containers or heated in the microwave Materials used for storing and packaging food in the UK are regulated for safety Why are ...

You may have bought a drink recently and noticed something odd: the once removable cap is now tethered to the bottle by a small strip of plastic. Manufacturers have included the tether on bottles ...