5 Ways To Reuse Plastic Fruit Containers In The Kitchen

Those crinkly plastic cartons are so much more than just a single-use receptacle for storing your favorite fruit.
CNET

This CES Company's Trash Cans Mash Your Cast-Off Plastic Bags Into Recyclable Bricks

At CES 2026, Clear Drop showcased its solution for homes and businesses to ensure that 100% of soft plastic waste is diverted ...
The Republican HeraldOpinion

4 ways to deal with the plastic problem in 2026

Reducing plastic use this year should be on everyone’s radar, although it won’t be easy. According to the United Nations, ...

Plastic recycling rules are changing in 2026, here's how it will affect you

Changes to household collections are part of wider moves to increase the recycling rates, which have stalled in recent years.
NPR

I avoided plastic for a week. Here is what I learned about a plastic-free life

Americans, on average, toss out about three quarters of a pound of plastic each day, according to researchers at Oxford University. Most of that trash winds up in a landfill. As someone who loves ...
Phys.org

Where your recycling actually goes—and what you can do about it this Earth Day

Just 9% of all plastic waste ever created has been recycled, researchers estimate. —Last year, the U.S. exported 74,000 shipping containers of plastic waste to low-income countries, researcher Jan ...
Los Angeles Times

California’s plastic bag ban is failing. Here’s why

Does California have a ban on plastic bags? The goals of Senate Bill 270, the so-called plastic bag ban, spoke to the “three Rs” of waste reduction: Reduce the number of plastic bags Californians use, ...