First, the mixed recyclables are shredded and crushed into smaller fragments, enabling more effective separation. The mixed fragments pass over rotating screens that remove cardboard and paper, ...

Pavel & Ian based in Versailles, France created a very unique plastic bottle cutter which can be used to recycle your old plastic drinks bottles turning them into convenient universal handy twine ...

Soda Bottle String Dispenser Try this nifty and tangle-free way to dispense string or twine: Cut a two-liter plastic soda bottle in half and shorten one of the halves.

City recycling programs have helped to reduce the amount of plastic waste making its way into landfills and the world's oceans, but a two-man team from France is providing a more direct approach ...

A team of chemists may have found a way to solve the plastic recycling problem - and it starts with a little help from nickel ...

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The Maine-based company said the effort kicks off this month with 1-liter bottles. A niche product called Poland Spring Origin also uses 100% recycled plastic bottles.

Learn about reusing plastic water bottles, including the concerns, alternatives, and best practices.

Recycling makes us feel good, but few of us know what actually happens to a plastic bottle after we drop it into a bin.

A green accounting method called “mass balance” certifies that something was manufactured with recycled plastic — just not necessarily much of the bottle making the claim.

So many brands are creating lines of clothes made from recycled plastic water bottles. How sustainable are they really?