These DIY projects will have you see plastic bottles in completely new ways.

The Department of Energy is hard at work making the U.S. energy efficient. Unfortunately, it failed its own energy audit.

The U.S. Energy Department wants you to save green by painting your roof white -- as long as it doesn't make your neighbors see red.

Banks won't touch them they are so financially risky. So why does Obama want U.S. taxpayers to fund nuclear plants when there is a 50% chance they will fail?

In the latest installment of the Faces of the Recovery Act video series, the U.S. Department of Energy showcases 1366 Technologies.

The U.S. Department of Energy will guarantee a $1.45 billion loan for the Abengoa Solar Solana project in the Arizona desert.

Solyndra's public and highly controversial bankruptcy filing is affecting other solar projects.

In a rare move, Republicans on a House panel vote to subpoena White House documents related to the failed solar power company.

A new analysis reveals that greenhouse gas emissions in 2010 surpassed even the worst-case scenario envisioned by scientists four years ago.

Meteorologists predict a mostly normal 2019 hurricane season, but that doesn't mean there's no danger.

Trapped, starving dog is rescued weeks after Hurricane Dorian barreled through the Bahamas.

From too much shade to drainage issues and HOA rules, a green lawn may be easier said than done. But it doesn't have to be.

Suet is a high-calorie source of easily digestible food for birds, and making it couldn't be easier.

There's a poaching ring focused on some succulents in the genus Dudleya, which can fetch millions on the black market in East Asia.

In anticipation of Obama's visit to Canada, environmentalists circulate petition to stop 'dirty oil.'

North Carolina, Virginia and South Carolina may have something to gain when it comes to offshore drilling, but the events of 2010 remind us that they also have

Moose lasagna, a hot seller at European stores operated by the world-dominating purveyor of flat-pack furnishings, is found to contain trace amounts of pork.

Scientists will release harmless gases in the New York City subway to determine noxious gas threat

A new study suggests there should be official rules on how often doctors clean these essential tools.

Millions of bottle deposits go unclaimed in the exceptionally tidy Danish capital each year.

QVC star and intimate apparel designer Kathleen Kirkwood wants to recycle your old 36Bs.

TerraCycle's 'Make Garbage Great' says yes, with 100-plus recycling tips and DIY projects.

A fleeting ban on the ubiquitous landfill-clogger is overturned by a Manhattan judge.

Mealworms are able to safely subsist on a diet of polystyrene, researchers have found.

Meanwhile in England, shopping basket theft is on the rise.

The turtle survived, but a video of the ordeal demonstrates why recycling can be a matter of life and death.

It's a bird ... it's a plane ... if it's in New Orleans, it's just a Black Hawk helicopter airdropping old Christmas trees.

Onward Bag is landfill-skirting design at its most ingenious.

In some cities, glass recyclables aren't being recycled at all.

Japanese scientists have found a special bacteria, Ideonella sakainesis, that likes to eat polyethylene terephthalate, better known as PET.

If you want paper or plastic in NYC, plan on sharing a few more nickels. The fee goes into effect on Oct. 1, 2016.

If you can't throw it in the curbside recycling bin, is it really 'easy?'

Companies are salvaging ugly fruits and vegetables and making artisanal foods from what would traditionally have been tossed.

An item you need may be for sale in your own neighborhood — at a price way less than retail.

Popular online shopping holiday produces billions of dollars in sales — and billions of boxes in the trash.

Portuguese artist Sílvia Franco Santos scratches tiny, emotion-filled portraits into paint- and ink-crusted lids that would normally be trash.

When you make room for the new, make sure you're responsible about disposing the old.

Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Blake McFarland says he just wants to make cool things.

Manufacturing and distribution of plastic shopping bags come with steep fines and serious jail time in the East African nation.

Junkyards can be fascinating, profitable and, too often, dirty and ecologically dangerous.

Kamikatsu, where recyclables are sorted into 45 specific categories, is an old pro at landfill diversion.

China will turn away 24 types of recyclable material imported from the U.S. and other countries due to concerns over contamination.

Innovators like Sea2See and Adidas are taking marine trash and turning it into treasure.

The fast-food chain is switching to paper straws later this year.

Several months into China's ban on most waste imports, a new study paints a sobering yet optimistic view of how we need to handle our plastic.

A river pollution clean-up project yields spectacular results in Rotterdam.

The deposit-based Norwegian approach to plastic bottle recycling is an attractive, effective one.

Pine needles can be broken down and transformed into paint.

Some business groups oppose plastic straw bans because they see it as excessive regulation, but other groups have more practical issues with the bans.

Plastic bottles and caps should now be kept together when you recycle them. The reason? It's easier to sort them that way.