Highlights: Chemicals in plastic bottles can seep into water, risking health Repeated use of single-use plastic

Medical scientists are calling for greater investment in accessible, clean drinking water infrastructure to mitigate the health and environmental risks

The Ooho 'water bottle' is a gelatinous blob that allows you to have your bottled water (minus the plastic) and eat it too.

Tomorrow's homeowners may print out everything from utensils to furniture with 3D printers — and they may not even need to buy raw materials. Instead, they co

Artist and teacher Ruganzu Bruno Tusingwire wins the first 10K prize at TEDxQuatar with his innovative recycling idea that helps kids in need.

British artist Richart Sowa has taken more than 100,000 plastic bottles and built an eco-friendly Mexican getaway powered by energy from the waves and the sun.

Video: Adventurer and conservationist David de Rothschild sets sail on Plastiki, a boat made out of 12,000 plastic bottles to help raise awareness about the Gre

These DIY projects will have you see plastic bottles in completely new ways.

Each t-shirt saves approximately 27 litres of water, uses 50% less energy to produce and reduces carbon emission by over 54%.

Device for taking back empty containers, in particular plastic bottles and metal cans, with a housing which has apparatuses for processing inserted empty containers, an intake chute accessible from the outside that receives empty containers as bulk material and a bottom sloping downward in direction of intake chute. Device is provided that prevents or impedes insertion of excessively large objects into device. Device provides almost unimpeded insertion of empty containers as bulk material into intake chute, and simultaneously prevents that excessively large objects can enter into the device. The bottom of intake chute has a plurality of grooves arranged side by side and running in the intake direction, the grooves flowing into a passage opening leading to the device and whose cross-section is dimensioned in such a manner that empty containers aligned longitudinally in the intake direction can pass unimpeded through the grooves.

“The Puma and First Mile programme has diverted about 40 tonnes of plastic waste from landfills and oceans, just for the products made for 2020. This roughly translates into 1,980,286 plastic bottles being reused,” said Stefan Seidel, head of corporate sustainability for Puma, in a press statement

Pot plants are a nice way to brighten up any room. Learn how to make your own pot planters using plastic bottles you might find in your recycling bin. Why would you want to use plastic rather than paper to make pot planters?

Lost in the woods near a stream, with some empty water bottles, wire, plastic plates, and a stepper motor, *and* you need to charge your smartphone? Try this.

It's not an 8,000 mile journey across the Pacific Ocean, but it's still pretty cool.

A report found that bottles have surpassed bags and straws when it comes to prevalence in freshwater rivers.

Thirty bottles will buy you a ticket on the subway or bus.

A concept water bottle pulls water from the air like the Namib Desert Beetle.

I don't buy many plastic bottles, but the ones that I do will take some creative workarounds to avoid.

I tasked myself with buying no plastic bottles for the year; here's how it's going so far.

Levi's new denim line will incorporate on average, eight 12 to 20-ounce plastic soda bottles per jean.

This technique transforms used plastic bottles into beautiful jewelry by burying them into hot desert sand -- and the project creates a sustainable business for Saharawi refugees.

Plastic Bottle Village demonstrates another approach to repurposing single-use bottles.

Devastating forest fires in the area haven't kept Haifa, Israel, from being able to put up a massive Christmas tree in the center of town. It helps, of course, that the tree is made entirely of recycled plastic bottles -- 5,480 of them.

Stay cozy in the knowledge that you're diverting plastic waste and reducing demand for new material.

It's a duffel bag with various inserts that will keep you organized whenever you leave the house.

The Academy has revealed that the upcoming Oscars will be completely plant based and green after Joaquin Phoenix's push for Golden Globes menu change.