Instead of just banning plastic bottles, Carlsbad should back recycling of all beverage containers -- glass, aluminum and plastic. That would truly reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Each year, over 350 million tons of plastic are produced, much of it ending up in landfills or the ocean. A major contributor ...

Sprite is retiring its green plastic bottles after more than 60 years. Coca-Cola said Wednesday it’s changing the packaging from green to clear plastic beginning August 1 as part of broader ...

For decades, Sprite has come in green bottles, but the company says clear plastic is more easily recycled. Environmentalists say the issue is not the color but the single-use plastic.

Plastics recycling in the U.S. is a mess. “Recyclable” plastic is overwhelmingly burned, landfilled, or ends up polluting the environment. Through it all, one plastic has managed to maintain a ...

Coca-Cola also announced that a majority of Dasani bottles sold in the U.S. and Canada will be switched over to 100% plastic bottles beginning this summer.

The plastic from old beverage bottles is melted down and used as a binder to hold asphalt together. Roughly 150,000 bottles are used in 1 mile of roadway.

For every lane mile of pavement, the TechniSoil system recycles about 150,000 of what’s known as PET bottles – the initials stand for polyethylene terephthalate – a type 1 plastic.

If you have a 2-liter soda bottle lying around, you can use it for this fun DIY project. Here's how to create a mini greenhouse using an old plastic bottle.