Plastic is everywhere, but it's not great for your health or the planet. NPR's Claire Murashima cut out single-use plastics for a week. Here are her tips if you're looking to do the same.

Discover how to repair plastic like a true DIY master with 14 incredibly smart techniques! Whether it's fixing broken plastic items, saving money on replacements, or reducing waste, these methods will ...

“It's so automatic.” Cigarette filters are made of a plastic called cellulose acetate. When tossed into the environment, they dump not only that plastic, but also the nicotine, heavy ...

It reads like an SNL parody. He waxed on and on about how all the different types of throw-away plastic–jars, bottles, cigarette boxes, shrink wrap–were replacing reusables at a staggering rate.

How I Kicked the Plastic Habit and How You Can Too.” Terry offered hundreds of tips on how to shrink your personal plastic footprint, but says her mind-set has grown to include “the bigger ...

While bottles are highly recyclable, lightweight plastic packaging is often rejected by recycling operations because it clogs machinery. Cigarette butts, made of cellulose acetate, have long been ...

He's in Paris to remind delegates that there's a source of single-use, non-biodegradable, highly polluting plastic that often goes unnoticed: discarded cigarettes. The cigarette butts picked up by ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday ... “The study calls attention to the problem of cigarette butts as a leading source of plastic pollution and the potential for ...