As it turns out, plastic containers actually can be a little environmentally friendly! Just reuse them to make DIY bird ...

Hand holding a plastic mini pot next to a stack of extra plastic pots. - Nipol Plobmuang/Shutterstock If you have a bunch of plastic pots lying around — especially those cute mini ones — there's a ...

Suncatchers can be a beautiful and fun way to decorate your window, whether they are small faceted crystals or large intricate stained glass panes that catch the light. While you can easily buy a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A person unloads groceries from plastic grocery bags - Torgonskaya Tatiana/Shutterstock Plastic grocery bags can be hard to avoid.

Don't recycle that plastic lid from your empty peanut butter jar. With just some wire, you can transform it into a storage ...

Christmas is a little more than 150 days away, so it's not too early to start making handmade crafts. A great way to upcycle plastic bags you get from the grocery store, is by using them as stuffing ...

Researchers at Virginia Tech have found a way to upcycle plastic into soap. “We can break the polyethylene chains into small segments,” said Guoliang (Greg) Liu, an associate professor of chemistry at ...

Researchers turned hard-to-recycle plastic into hydrogen using battery acid. This circular upcycling system tackles multiple ...

Upcycling polyethylene (the normal ubiquitous plastic we are all familiar with) into high-value plastics that can compete with “virgin” plastic (meaning plastics made directly from petro-chemicals) is ...

(Nanowerk News) Researchers have developed a clean and cost-effective way to upcycle used plastic, transforming it into valuable nanomaterials and high-quality fuel. Globally only about 20% of waste ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you have a bunch of plastic pots lying around — especially those cute mini ones — there's a great way for you to upcycle them ...