Laundry detergent sheets have grown more popular recently, but are they actually effective? We tested them out to see.

As both summer and winter now bring more extreme temperatures to North Texas, energy bills can really spike to compensate.

As both summer and winter now bring more extreme temperatures to North Texas, energy bills can really spike to compensate. This combined with new rate increases in Denton could leave ...

Arctic air is expected to move into Mississippi next week, and Mississippians are being encouraged to prepare their homes for ...

Insulating drafty windows is another home energy-saving tip, up to and including putting a heavy-duty clear plastic sheet ...

It's a disturbing thought: At this very moment, tiny crumbs of plastic are trickling through our bodies, a parade of unwelcome houseguests ready to take up residence in some tissue or organ.

An alarming study that had Americans tossing out their black plastic kitchen utensils, toys and to-go packages earlier this month overstated the concern, the researchers admit. But they still say ...

We don’t often think of our clothing as plastic, but much of it is. Polyester, nylon, acrylic and other synthetic fibers are commonplace in the blended fabrics we wear every day. As a result, textiles ...

A man has been arrested by gardaí investigating the assault of two off-duty gardaí in Dublin city centre during the early hours of this morning. One of the off-duty gardaí is in a critical ...

Both plastic and glass are fairly easy on the environment to produce, but are often very tricky, costly, and intense to recycle. When you factor in all of the water used to decontaminate plastic ...

That black plastic spatula in your kitchen drawer? It may be time to toss it. Recently, there’s been lots of buzz about the dangers of cooking with black plastic utensils — think spoons ...