A diver was determined to save a small coconut octopus taking shelter in a plastic cup as a replacement for natural ...

Rules taking effect in California ban cups, clamshells and other food ware made from expanded polystyrene foam unless companies meet a high recycling target.

Some tea bags release billions of tiny plastic particles when immersed in hot water, creating tea that can harm your health and increase your risk of cancer—but not all tea is equally as dangerous.

Sipping a hot cup of tea is one of the most relaxing experiences you can enjoy. But new research suggests that some tea bags ...

CBS News journalists across the country dropped cold drink cups — with trackers attached inside — into recycling bins at ...

Dell says that the particular type of plastic cannot be ground up and turned back into a cup, because it becomes "toxic and grey and stinky." Five months ago, she came up with the idea to dive ...

Video showed it struggling in vain to pick the cup off with its orange beak. "What we saw today with this heron, over these two weeks, is how much these animals are impacted by plastic," said ...

There’s a Keurig machine in some 40 million households in the U.S. Single-serve coffee brewing systems — which allow ...

Your fast food cup contains more than just your drink. Here's the food packaging you can recycle, which containers you can't, ...

A veterinarian in Brazil captured a heartbreaking image of a heron with a plastic cup stuck in its throat Jeferson Pires, a veterinarian and biologist, was driving in Rio de Janeiro on Monday when ...

Two graduates from Kendall College of Art and Design are now running a company turning plastic waste into 100% recycled sheet materials, used to make countertops, furniture, lighting and home goods.

FILE PHOTO: A heron with a plastic cup stuck through its throat, in Rio de Janeiro RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - A heron took flight in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday, stretching its wings and soaring over ...