Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. whitebalance.oatt / E+ via Getty Images Plastic bottles are the whack-a-moles of the real world. You recycle one and dozens more ...

The industry understands the criticisms, said Silke Einschuetz, senior consultant for recycling and sustainability at AMI, but the conundrum is that plastic has become the fabric of society. People’s ...

A new era of 3D printing "microfactories" is helping to turn waste plastics into "highly competitive" products fit for use in the construction industry, according to Veena Sahajwalla, professor and ...

Dear James: I plan to add a new bathroom, and some old plumbing should also be replaced. I’m not comfortable using a torch and solder, so would plastic plumbing be good? Dear Laura: Sweating copper ...