Instead of tossing those plastic containers that fruit comes in directly into the recycle bin, try repurposing them in ...

Don't toss your empty rotisserie chicken containers after dinner — reuse them as mini greenhouses to start seeds and keep ...

If you're looking to get the most out of your food packaging, Aldi has some great options for creative reuse. Here's 9 tips ...

Cabbage leaves covered in frost in the garden - Ulrike Leone/Getty Images Gardeners are the great tenders of earth, so it's really no surprise to find that many of them are reusing plastic containers ...

Dear Heloise: Two of your letters in a recent column addressed recycling plastic. Please consider reusing it as well. Small cup-sized plastic containers (such as yogurt containers) can be tub or pool ...

Reusing plastic containers from food delivery seems like an easy way to reduce waste and save money, but this common practice raises an important question about what happens when that plastic is ...

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 ...

I am one of the world’s best, or worst, depending on how you look at it, at saving and stockpiling things that are just asking to be reused or repurposed. Plastic containers are one of my favorites.

We're getting better at reducing our kitchen waste. We store food properly to keep it fresh longer, compost, and try to buy food in recyclable containers at the supermarket whenever possible. But what ...