We’ve all seen the little triangle of arrows on the bottoms of plastic bottles and other containers, intended to guide consumers to proper plastic recycling. But if you also have noticed the ...

Knowing your symbols makes it easier to reuse and recycle. Groups 1, 2, and 5 are easy to recycle curbside, but groups 4, 6, and 7 are more difficult.

Cola’s iconic shape into the plastic era. It also held more Coke than the glass containers and cans that came before. An ...

Redemption rates for beverage containers, including plastic bottles, in most deposit states continued on a years-long decline in 2023, according to new statistics from the Container Recycling ...

A 2024 study by the French NGO Agir pour l’Environnement found that repeatedly opening and closing plastic soda bottles significantly increased the number of microplastic particles in the beverages.

Bottled water is up to a hundred times worse than previously thought when it comes to the number of tiny plastic bits it contains, a new study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ...

Plastic bottles were floating in the water and along the banks. This is how the program would work. It’s a reverse vending ...

A study simulating how we drink soda reveals increasing plastic contamination in soft drinks. A 2024 study by the French NGO Agir pour l’Environnement found that repeatedly opening and closing plastic ...