You Shouldn’t Put Plastic Bags in Recycling. So Where Do They Go?

Following the opening of its new material recovery facility (MRF) in Columbus, Ohio, earlier this summer, Rumpke Waste & Recycling will expand the recyclables it accepts to include clamshell plastic ...

A gardener removes a small plant from a black plastic nursery pot. - Ground Picture/Shutterstock If you love gardening and planting new flowers as the seasons change, you probably have a lot of empty ...

Food safety experts weigh in.

For me, I hate to throw anything away, if I think I can find a second use for a product. However, I always seem have a ton of those plastic nursery pots laying around. They are nice to have when I ...

Polypropylene and polyethylene are two durable and affordable plastics commonly used as packaging materials, snack wrappers, microwave containers, and other, usually flexible, plastic films. Their ...

Earth Day’s focus this week is on the planet versus plastics, with organizers stating their goal for the Earth to reduce plastic use by 60% by 2040. There’s little doubt that we are in a plastic waste ...