plastic

In the labyrinthine alleyways of Cairo's Garbage City, recycling specialist Peter Romany finds himself fielding calls from factories scrambling for plastic to plug supply shortfalls caused by the Iran war.

From Barron's ● Jul. 18, 2026

Nosek wore flannel pajamas around the office, munched on fresh blueberries from their plastic clamshell containers, and built a soundproof, blacked-out box to improve his sleep.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026

Since plastics are made from polymers, researchers have been investigating whether these enzymes, or the microbes that produce them, can be embedded directly into plastic materials.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 17, 2026

Additionally, she suffered injuries from a car crash at age 14, prompting her parents to spend their life savings on plastic surgery as part of her recovery.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026

She falls in beside me, filling plastic cups with apple juice and pulling a bag of carrots and celery from the fridge.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

Yousif told AFP demand had tripled, while prices for some recycled plastics increased by up to 60 percent.

From Barron's ● Jul. 18, 2026

Namely, how much microplastic is absorbed by the body and how much accumulates over time given that researchers think some level of the plastics exit the body.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

For example, gold palladium catalysts are used to produce vinyl acetate, an essential ingredient in many plastics and other products.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 12, 2026

The resulting closure of the crucial Strait of Hormuz -- one of the world's most important energy chokepoints -- has delivered a shock to global energy supplies, hiking costs for everything from plastics to fertilisers.

From Barron's ● Jun. 28, 2026

Give me plastics, periodical tables, t.v. dinners with vegetables no more complex than peas mixed with diced carrots.

From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston