Remembering Grandma's Couch Growing up, I spent countless hours at my grandma’s house, nestled into her big, cozy couch. It ...

Folks at C.R. Plastic Products Inc. are too busy to lounge in the high-end recycled plastic outdoor furniture they make in Stratford, Ontario. Sales for the firm have been rising 40 percent a year in ...

Plastic waste is a huge problem, both on land and in the oceans and waterways. A company in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, has been taking to the city's canals for a few years and scooping up plastic ...

When plastic entered the design world in the 20th century, it was hailed as a wonder material—something strong, durable, lightweight, affordable, and malleable enough to sculpt into expressive, ...

In the Greek city of Thessaloniki, a park features citizen-designed street furniture made from an unlikely source: local plastic trash that’s been remade into 3D ...

Summer is the time to plant some marigolds and decorate your patio with loungers, lanterns, and anything else that will make it the place you want to hang out 24/7 for the season. But before you opt ...

You might get eco-guilt when you toss a plastic bottle into the recycling bin. Will the material from the container really be used to make something new? The answer to that question is unclear.

"Kartell has always been close to the experiential spheres associated with children, through concepts hinged on the themes of exploration, research and innovation," Kartell president Claudio Luti told ...

Isn’t it ironic that most things that are made of plastic are used only once and then thrown into the trash, but plastic itselfis a material that lasts forever; something that the Earth simply cannot ...

Suzy had recently had her home redecorated and showed it off in a clip - where viewers spotted there was plastic wrap on her new tables and even chairs. One asked: "What's about the plastic? Things ...