City recycling programs have helped to reduce the amount of plastic waste making its way into landfills and the world's oceans, but a two-man team from France is providing a more direct approach.

Today’s nomination for “That’s so clever, why didn’t I think of that?” is the simply named Plastic Bottle Cutter, a tool that turns discarded plastic bottles into usable rope. This “invention” is ...

You may think you’re doing the world some good by recycling plastic bottles – but a French pair of environmentalists has gone one better. Pavel and Ian, a pair of inventors from Versailles, have ...