You might get eco-guilt when you toss a plastic bottle into the recycling bin. Will the material from the container really be used to make something new? The answer to that question is unclear.

Once upon a time, a Canadian man seeking to cleanse the world from useless waste, electrified the people of Panama to collect thousands of plastic bottles discarded on the roads and beaches of the ...

The plastic bottle you toss into the recycling bin today might one day help hold up the floor of a house. Engineers at MIT ...

The plastic bottle you just tossed in the recycling bin could provide structural support for your future house. MIT engineers ...

You can turn everything from empty pantry staples to old plastic leisure equipment into affordable bird feeders and baths to ...