The U.S. recycling rate for plastic bottles made from PET, typically derived from petroleum, was 28% in 2009, compared to nearly 50% in Europe. Mike Esterl explains why on Lunch Break.

Curious onlookers enjoying an idyllic British seaside day out grow horrified, as Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall directs a truck up to the ... However, plastic waste is causing destruction all over ...

Many of them eked out a living by washing and selling whatever discarded items they found that still had value - anything from fishing nets to plastic ... rotting waste. "We're not safe here.