Penn State Great Valley has unveiled a mural depicting the Penn State Nittany Lion, created from upcycled plastic bottle caps by mosaic studio artist Judith Hokky.  

Portuguese artist Sílvia Franco Santos scratches tiny, emotion-filled portraits into paint- and ink-crusted lids that would normally be trash.

Vanessa answers questions on recycling, including plastic bottle caps, plastic overwrap, motor oil, glass and taped cardboard boxes.

One design attempts to deal with the problem of plastic bottle caps -- which often get discarded rather than recycled.

An Oklahoma mother lost her toddler to state child welfare officials after she appears in a video serving the boy two cap-fulls from a liquor bottle. She remains under a criminal investigation.