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

One Reddit user shared their simple (and brilliant) idea for reusing glass bottles: seed storage. In the r/ZeroWaste ...

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 ...

DEAR READERS: Many of you have written asking if plastic water bottles are safe to reuse. With so many of us using them, it's a good time to revisit the issue. Heloise Central rechecked information ...

“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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Reusable bottles get grubby no matter what liquid they’re filled with, so it’s important to clean them regularly.