All because people are too lazy to find a sink.

Lake Michigan alone receives the equivalent of 100 Olympic-sized pools full of plastic bottles each year.

Current water treatment can't remove these wastes that are increasingly implicated in serious environmental effects

Last week news broke that microplastics are found in 93% of bottled water and the highest levels ever were found in an English river. Can we ever clean this up?

Plastic is often thought of as an ocean contaminant, but it's in our freshwater lakes, too.

This could mean we're drinking our plastic waste.

Canadian National Railways figures out a crazy new way to mix oil and plastic – to what end?

We've covered Jendarling's organic garment bags before. But with the holiday/travel season in full swing, their new chic Chelsea Girl collection, comprised of non-plastic garment and travel bags, is right on cue. For Jendarling,

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

It's only happening in half the world. The rest of us can keep using plastic sticks. (Don't they know about ocean currents?)

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.

Take nearly 8,000 old plastic bottles, add some construction waste and mud, and voila: a sturdy and sustainable home.

When you stop buying prepackaged foods, you have to start cooking them yourself. It's not that hard once you get into the swing of it.

It's part of a statewide effort to crack down on plastic waste.

Provincial regulation would make stores' waste-reduction efforts easier to manage.

A hopeful report by Greenpeace envisions a future where supermarkets have gotten rid of superfluous waste.

The Story of Stuff's latest film underscores the importance of putting deposits on all cans and bottles.

For the last two decades, Nargis Latif and her organization have been researching how to divert waste from landfills and reusing it as quick and cheap construction materials.

A major brand is putting out the first fully recyclable shampoo bottle made from recycled beach plastic

We need to see plastic for what it is: nearly-indestructible, highly polluted and far from disposable.

World Oceans Day celebrates awareness and brings to attention the resources available to all of us in the battle against plastic pollution.

The plane carries no single-use plastics – but aren't we ignoring a much bigger environmental issue?

The consumer products giant says it will "fundamentally rethink its approach to packaging."

If you're going to go for it, you may as well REALLY go for it.

The largest hotel chain in the world joins the move against straws.

All 2,800 stores will go paper or reusable bag only... eventually.

This is the first-known attempt of a commercial company to undertake a physical clean-up of trash from open waters.

It's a lot more than just a box, it's packaging as a service.

New research finds that on just two remote islands alone, nearly 600,000 crabs are killed every year by plastic debris.

Britain's Conservative government is expected to announce wide-ranging measures to tackle ocean plastic pollution.

Plastic pollution doesn't just kill fish. It kills people too.

The anti-straw movement is definitely having a moment. Let's hope the momentum continues.

When the earthworms are in trouble, we all are.

You'll be surprised at the decorative potential contained within the recycling bin.

After a few big players entered the ring, the environment was spared some 1.5 billion plastic shopping bags in under 100 days.

Another door has closed for Western nations hoping to dump their trash overseas. Maybe it's time for another model?

EcoDomum is turning an environmental problem into a housing solution.

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

Most costumes are single-use plastics, made from polyester that's essentially disposable and non-recyclable. We can do better than that.

Spanish collective Basurama arrived in Niamey, Niger, to assist locals in the construction of new leisure spaces with local, low cost materials.

This problem gets worse as cars get bigger and heavier, no matter what they are powered by.

An eye-opening report reveals how low-grade plastics are burned as fuel, poisoning the surrounding soil and air.

Plastic pollution in our oceans is a big deal. These designers went out and collected some to create this surprising collection of items that look quite luxurious.

Something my friend told me the other day made me rethink the plastic straw debate.

These handy accessories tick all the boxes for ethics and eco-friendliness.

If you're not into bar soap, here's an innovative option for liquid hand soap.

Listen to scientists, not industry lobbyists, and just keep cleaning.

The big Glastonbury music festival is getting new composting loos

Is this the future of food -- eating mushrooms that have been fed with plastic waste?

Molded out of plant-based bioplastics and sitting on a wooden base, this curvaceous piece combines traditional craftsmanship and new industrial design.