Reusing plastic bottles can pose health risks due to bacterial growth and chemical leaching. Discover safe alternatives and tips for minimizing environmental impact.

If you're like most people, your recycling bin holds plenty of empty plastic bottles. But before you toss another bottle on the pile, consider this: You can use those 2-liter soda bottles, ...

Dear EarthTalk: Are the rumors true that refilling and reusing some types of plastic bottles can cause health problems? — Regina Fujan, Lincoln, Neb. Most types of plastic bottles are safe to reuse at ...

All that trash piled into your recycling bin might actually be treasure. The hastily discarded laundry-detergent bottle, for instance? Cut the top off, and it makes a fine watering jug. You may ...

Many Germantown residents may find themselves with an excess of plastic water bottles after the city's water was deemed unsafe for more than a week. While the city of Germantown does recycle most ...

“I often reuse plastic bottles to store drinking water or household condiments. People say this habit could be risky. Is that true?” (Han, 30, HCMC) Reusing PET plastic bottles for water, fish sauce, ...

Outside a Savannah, Georgia, apartment building on a recent evening, next to a food truck serving up po’boys, is a small box truck emblazoned with green leaves. Inside are wooden shelves of reusable ...

So there we were going about our business and drinking from that same water bottle repeatedly, before we seemingly learned that it was in fact pretty gross to do so. We threw away all our bottles ...