Singer-songwriter, in collaboration with G-Star Raw, will create jeans made from plastic-based 'bionic yarn'.

Del Monte says their individually wrapped bananas are environmentally friendly. Others think Del Monte is bananas.

Take the pledge to go plastic-free on Feb. 21, which has been dubbed Plastic-Free Day.

The Freezycup popsicle mold makes it easy to make your own frozen treats without using a bit of plastic. It's a great product, if a bit pricey.

Another huge honor for the mushroom insulation wizards at Ecovative Design: Scoring the top prize in the 2013 Buckminster Fuller Challenge.

The supermarket giant also committed to lowering the amount of waste it produces.

Millions of black 'shade balls' float on the surface of reservoirs, slowing evaporation.

It may sound like a good idea for the environment, but refilling a plastic water bottle may not be a good idea.

Irish teen Fionn Ferreira won the 2019 Google Science Fair for removing microplastics from water.

Finnish researchers have developed a strong, flexible material from spider silk and tree cellulose.

Castile soap can be used to clean a variety of things, including you, your dog and your vegetables.

Taking a short-term food break may have some pretty amazing health benefits.

Artist Asher Jay's "Garbagea" confronts us with our throwaway culture in this creative project.

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

Mosaïcultures Internationales Montréal invited countries all over the world to submit their most awe-inspiring horticultural sculptures.

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

From the grocery store to the great pacific garbage patch, this short will open your eyes and tug at your heart.

Follow the life of a plastic bag in a hilarious mockumentary -- complete with dramatic music and a narrator with a British accent.

A new short mockumentary follows a plastic grocery bag on its journey to the Pacific Ocean.

Before the plastic shopping bag can settle into a life of ease in the Pacific ocean it must first navigate its way past dogs, park rangers, and tree branches.

A new yogitoes bag made of used plastic bottles combines a reusable tote with a yoga mat sling. Reduce waste while greening your yoga practice.

Watch Van Jones as he lays out the case against plastic pollution from a social justice perspective.

Ten eco-activists are wanted for a 20-day eco-adventure, sailing from Hawaii to Vancouver while studying plastic pollution in the oceans.

A new study by two graduate students from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego found that a little over nine percent of the fish that swim ne

More people will soon become familiar with the concept of a plastic footprint.

The great Pacific garage patch is giving sea striders a place to breed out on the open ocean, changing the natural environment there, new research suggests.

To qualify as biodegradable, plastic must be scientifically proven to break down completely within a short time, but even plastic certified as biodegradable may

Plastic pollution similar to ocean 'garbage patches' has been found in the Great Lakes, especially microscopic beads used in many personal care products.

Tern Island is so besieged by garbage it may become the first U.S. hazardous-waste site whose main problem is plastic.

A vast amount of the plastic garbage littering the surface of the ocean may be disappearing, a new study suggests.

Earth's oceans now contain 5.25 trillion pieces of plastic trash, according to the most thorough survey of its kind.

A new study reveals the global pace of plastic pollution, where it's coming from, and how we might start to stem the tide.

Ocean currents have carried about 300 billion pieces of plastic trash to the Arctic Ocean, a new study finds, and more is on the way.

Up to 95 percent of the plastic waste carried out to sea by rivers seems to travel through just 10 waterways, according to a new study.

The Indian Ocean is the world's biggest plastic dumping ground, but some of it is leaking elsewhere.

The Sodastream home soda maker will save you money and help keep plastic bottles out of the waste stream — just stay away from the company's Splenda-infused s

Plastic straws create litter and often end up in the stomachs of wild animals — but the group Last Plastic Straw has an easy solution.

Researchers found that three out of four everyday plastic items contain toxins.

Scientists are are trying to understand why fish eat ocean plastic, how it affects them and how it affects their predators — including us.

The short answer is yes — but, there are caveats.

You're ingesting microplastics when you consume this trendy salt source.

The Honey Flavor and Aroma Wheel will help tasters detect if there is the flavor of cotton candy or smell of locker room in their honey.

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

Mealworms are able to safely subsist on a diet of polystyrene, researchers have found.

Meanwhile in England, shopping basket theft is on the rise.

The turtle survived, but a video of the ordeal demonstrates why recycling can be a matter of life and death.

Onward Bag is landfill-skirting design at its most ingenious.

Japanese scientists have found a special bacteria, Ideonella sakainesis, that likes to eat polyethylene terephthalate, better known as PET.

Manufacturing and distribution of plastic shopping bags come with steep fines and serious jail time in the East African nation.