A person's hand holds a green plastic drink bottle over a trash can lined with a blue bag. - Anna Blazhuk/Getty Images Using reusable water bottles at the tap, and fizzing up sparkling water and soda ...

Hydroponic gardening is an efficient and relatively mess-free way to garden. With this technique, you grow plants in water with added nutrients and a growing medium rather than dirt. It can be an ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A jumble of empty plastic bottles await reuse. - Westend61/Getty Images You might get eco-guilt when you toss a plastic bottle ...

Plastic water bottles are convenient on the go, but oftentimes they end up in a landfill or ocean instead of being recycled. According to the Ocean Conservancy, more than 120 billion plastic bottles ...

With a few simple modifications, an empty laundry detergent bottle can become a gardener's best friend thanks to its dimensions and handy storage capacity.

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.