One ton of recycled aluminum cans saves enough energy to power a laptop for more than 77 years. One ton of recycled copy paper saves up to 7,000 gallons of water, or enough water for more than 411 ...

Every week, millions of Americans toss their recyclables into a single bin, trusting that their plastic bottles, aluminum cans and cardboard boxes will be given a new life. Plastics are among the ...

When I visited my friend in Scotland, I was amazed to see how little waste from her family of four actually went into the garbage can. Besides their good habits of buying items with minimal packaging, ...

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(Item 4: Water bottles) Studies have linked BPA (Bisphenol A) and phthalates, chemicals found in plastic water bottles that can lead to health conditions like cancer and heart disease. If a plastic ...