Growing up in a small town, I had big interests in finding ways to repurpose or reuse discarded items to transform them into something interesting and outside of their traditional purpose. I recall ...

Costco is known for selling food in bulk. These items come in packages of all kinds that can easily be repurposed throughout ...

A: Let’s start with the new ones, F.S. I like to remind readers that “recycle” comes last in the “3 Rs” (reduce, reuse, recycle) for a reason. Reducing the amount of waste we generate to begin with is ...

A video posted last week by Quantum Tech racked up nearly 100,000 views in less than 24 hours on YouTube. What drew so much attention? The “Brilliant Ideas with Plastic Bottles” video, with a tagline ...

Recycling is difficult in some rural parts of Ventura County, so people living in those areas have come up with innovative reuse ideas we can all benefit from knowing. Perhaps the most clever and ...

Your computer keyboard just like other things you own won't be usable anymore in the future. It's either its electronic component went haywire or it's just too outdated for your needs. You might think ...

Recycling clothes is hard, thanks to mixed materials used to make them and the poor quality of recycled cotton. That’s why fast fashion retailer H&M is now offering an annual $1 million prize for ...

COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. _ China's decision to stop accepting much of America's recycling materials will result in higher disposal fees, at least in the short term, but it also presents an opportunity to ...

Municipal solid waste tossed out by Americans totaled more than 2.7 million tons in 2008, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. That equates to 1.6 percent of the entire amount of MSW that ...