Those excess plastic containers that are slightly stained or missing a lid make an ideal container for growing herbs indoors ...

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 ...

Single-use plastic containers make up a huge amount of the world’s waste, but so far no one has come up with a good way to replace them that’s also easy for consumers and cost-effective. Algramo may ...

Barry Friesen remembers the days when plastic wasn’t used on farms. “One of my first summer jobs was working as a farm hand on a dairy farm,” he recalls. “It would take a team of workers six weeks to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Plastic takeout food containers are no longer being accepted for recycling and must be thrown out, Whatcom County's waste hauler ...