plastic

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“We’re seeing prices go up everywhere,” he said, referring to polyethylene, a plastic that goes into detergent bottles, food packaging and many other goods.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

The astronauts have instead used an alternative system which involves collapsible plastic containers that collect their urine.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

Chief Financial Officer Agustin Izquierdo recently told investors that the company’s “sleeping giant” of a product—polypropylene, a plastic derived from propane and used in everything from food containers to car parts—is having a moment.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

These preforms, which look like plastic test tubes, are sold to brands and bottle manufacturers to be shaped into plastic bottles of the desired shape and size.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

So he’d taken the bus to the station and sat in a hard plastic chair for five long hours until it was the time he was meant to get back to his aunt’s.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman