The numbers are staggering. According to one report, the world uses 500 billion plastic cups every year. It's estimated that 50 billion paper coffee cups are thrown away in the United States alone.

A few weeks ago, Devan Lane and her husband were considering purchasing a newly built home in the Willowglen development in Rohnert Park, a city of 45,000 just south of Santa Rosa. Lane liked the idea ...

Sand, rock, and melted plastic now sit beneath the tires on a quiet residential street in Oahu. For nearly a year, cars have ...

An Adams County homeowner has recycled her vinyl siding into a patio with the help of CRDC, a plastics recycling company in York. Only 20 pounds of waste was generated from the entire farmhouse ...

Hawaii is successfully testing asphalt made from recycled fishing nets and local plastic waste to help clean up the island ...