When Donald Thomson holds a bottle of Agua Costa Rica in his hands, he sees much more than a bottle of water. The home builder, music school founder and businessman sees the potential to take what ...

The Macon plant recycles more than 1 million plastic bottles each day to produce polyester fiber, most of which is used to make roofing material. The average tenure of a Macon employee is 10 years, ...

Humanity has a major math problem: Its population is growing, global demand for new products is swelling and the waste is mounting — all while natural resources and space remain constant. I’m no math ...

Recycling aims to better the planet, but — taken into the hands of the individual — it can be a boon for one’s home by trading trash for building materials. [fokkejongerden], a student at the [Delft ...

Reduce, reuse, and recycle has been a national mantra for decades. In an effort to shrink our collective carbon footprint, consumers often reuse plastic water bottles. But is this a safe practice? The ...

Getting into the recycling business with plastic bottles makes you money and keeps the most-used recyclable resource in the country from ending up in your area landfill, such as a Santa Monica trash ...

How Are Plastic Bottles Made? Plastics are made from oil or natural gas, which are made of molecules called hydrocarbons. When you heat hydrocarbons to very high temperatures, they break down into ...