The recycling symbol on that container doesn't necessarily mean it can go in your curbside bin. Here's how to decode those plastic recycling numbers.

We’ve all seen the little triangle of arrows on the bottoms of plastic bottles and other containers, intended to guide consumers to proper plastic recycling. But if you also have noticed the ...

Very little of the plastic water bottles, milk jugs and yogurt cups we use gets recycled. But chemists now describe a radical method they used to transform tossed out plastic into a tougher, stronger ...