It takes about 9 plastic bottles to make one T-shirt … and about 11 plastic bottles to make a pair of shoes ... Even so, scientists are still coming up with new ideas to reuse the waste we have lying ...

We first saw someone turn a plastic bottle into plastic ribbon about four ... and then learn how to make your own plastic rope. Is there a better use of recycled plastic than making tools?

Well, we can recycle some plastics. This is when we take plastic that's used for one thing, like a bottle and then make it into another, like a carpet. The more we recycle, the less plastic is ...

which can break down plastic into molecules for reuse. The method is expected to make possible the reuse of slightly contaminated bottles.

Every year, manufacturers burn $80 to $120 billion worth of fossil fuels to make single-use plastic items, like water and soda bottles, meaning it's used once and then discarded. And even if it's ...

Germany is one of many countries around the world where manufacturers are required to reuse bottles ... then be used to make the base material for new bottles, or other plastic items like ...