plastic
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This week, the American Society of Plastic Surgeons reported a 7 percent increase in plastic surgeries from 2024 to 2025.
From Slate ● Sep. 2, 2026
In Nuwakot, AFP photographers on Tuesday saw people scouring through mud into the rubble of their homes for usable items, some clearing away dirt and stringing up plastic sheeting for shelter in the ruins.
From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026
From a plastic collection box outside Jon's house, the Free School clothes scheme has now launched a website and 8,000 items have been exchanged.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
The agency said federal regulations allow sunroofs to be made with tempered glass, which must break into gravel-like pieces, or laminated glass, where pieces stay stuck to a plastic interlayer instead of scattering.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
“We can fix some up. There must be something in that plastic bin of stuff. Let me check.”
From "Wolfie & Fly" by Cary Fagan
He added: "The streets are littered with plastics and broken glass. I pity neighbours of the park and surrounding streets who see their driveways and gardens used as toilets."
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
The tank contained about 7,000 gallons of methyl methacrylate, a toxic chemical used to make plastics.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
A 2019 study by the University of Tasmania, published in Scientific Reports, found balloons were "the highest-risk plastic debris item" for seabirds, carrying a mortality risk 32 times higher than ingesting hard plastics.
From Barron's ● Aug. 23, 2026
The production of refined oil fell by 5.6% and of plastics products by 4.9% in the first half of 2026.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 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
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