This story is a partnership between Inside Climate News and CBS News. Watch the CBS Reports documentary, "Advanced Recycling: Does Big Plastic's Idea Work?" About 48 million tons of plastic waste ...

Caitlin Upton, who was crowned Miss South Carolina Teen USA 2007, is speaking out after being pulled back into the spotlight. On Thursday, Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance shared a clip ...

A 'ticking time bomb' was unleashed inside this retired school teacher's body when she was exposed to asbestos. Now she's joining the fight to make the removal of the deadly material safe and ...

The Environmental Protection Agency's eco-label Safer Choice program will now require 15 percent recycled content in plastic packaging, but one industry group is responding to the decision by ...

A green accounting method called “mass balance” certifies that something was manufactured with recycled plastic — just not necessarily much of the bottle making the claim. By Julie Creswell ...

So-called “purified recycled water” (PRW), which is already in use in around three dozen cities around the world including Perth, would be pumped into Prospect Reservoir starting in 2032 ...