plastic

Pottery is like plastic: it never goes away and just breaks down into smaller and smaller pieces.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2026

Around a square formation of plastic folding tables sat about a dozen Haitian immigrants, still here, old women and men, young parents and children.

From Slate ● Oct. 26, 2026

These are pre-production plastic pellets, about the size of a lentil, which are used as the raw material to manufacture nearly all everyday plastic goods.

From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026

The costumes were just plastic masks and tarps costing a few dollars apiece, and you could toss them out after the big night—no need to hang onto them year-round.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026

“Somebody likes somebody,” Luisa whispers, licking whipped cream off a plastic spoon.

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko

Dow Inc. DOW -1.01%decrease; down pointing triangle third-quarter net income rose sharply as cost cuts and higher plastics prices offset supply disruptions related to the Iran war.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

“It’s a foundational study about the chemistry of plastics interacting with the most common chemical, water, and it’s important because it really does show that these things are capable of generating hydroxyl radicals,” Campen said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

To assess the results, the scientists also tested cellulose, other biodegradable plastics, conventional polyethylene plastic, and soil samples without added materials.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

Lactones are ring-shaped compounds that serve as important building blocks for materials such as biodegradable plastics and polyurethanes.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026

Not so long ago he let himself dream of Berlin and its great scientists: Fritz Haber, inventor of fertilizer; Hermann Staudinger, inventor of plastics.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr