Reduce your footprint as you create delightful decor and helpful tools with these 10 clever plastic water bottle DIYs to try ...

Do you have some plastic fruit containers just lying around? Don't throw them out quite yet! Here are four creative ways that ...

From plastic tubs to aluminum cans, there's no shortage of practical ways to reuse these containers around the house.

If your house is anything like mine, you’ve got a kitchen cabinet filled to the brim—no, overflowing—with plastic food containers. Maybe some are ones you’ve bought expressly for the purpose of ...

Plastic food containers are invaluable for storing fresh produce, baked goods, and leftovers. But did you know you probably should be replacing them more often?

Outside a Savannah, Georgia, apartment building on a recent evening, next to a food truck serving up po’boys, is a small box truck emblazoned with green leaves. Inside are wooden shelves of reusable ...

Who knew that a trip to the deli counter on your way home from work could net you more resources for your kitchen than just the oodles of noodles you're planning on serving tonight? Turns out, those ...

The poster had cut holes in the sides of an old coffee container and filled it with birdseed. Other creative bird-lovers have ...

The 4-ounce plastic containers from jello, pudding and applesauce are great to use as measuring cups. I keep canisters full of flour, sugar, cornmeal and coffee. They work well in an oatmeal carton ...

DEAR HELOISE: Since I live alone and don’t have to cook much, I eat a lot of frozen (healthy) meals. I save the plastic containers after I clean them and use them as various storage containers in my ...