"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." One of the simplest ways to start reducing your plastic footprint is by drinking from a reusable water ...

A green accounting method called “mass balance” certifies that something was manufactured with recycled plastic — just not necessarily much of the bottle making the claim. By Julie Creswell and Hiroko ...

Learn the difference between post-consumer recycled content, mass-balance accounting, and recycled-material claims on ...

If you live in one of the 10 U.S. states with a bottle deposit program, you’re probably familiar with the idea of feeding your empty plastic bottles or aluminum cans into a machine and getting a few ...

Closed Loop Partners’ Center for the Circular Economy has released a report on recovery pathways for prescription pill bottles in the U.S. with the goal of identifying practical opportunities to ...