plastic
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"The lithium by itself doesn't burn, it's more all the organic material and plastic," he explains.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
Some napped on a beach with their faces shielded from the sun by plastic bags or T-shirts, while others rested with backpacks tucked beneath their heads.
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026
The day was sticky enough that the plastic adhered to my bare shoulder.
From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026
The stench of burning plastic smacked Vicky Vivaldi in the face.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026
He pulled the sat phone out of his pocket and took it out of the plastic bag.
From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith
Improper recycling can release lead, mercury or plastics into the environment and contribute to climate change, the report warned.
From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026
This preliminary step adds oxygen-containing functional groups to the long polymer chains that make up the plastics.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 31, 2026
Solar-driven photoreforming and electrochemical conversion, for example, generally work only with oxygen-containing plastics such as PET.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 31, 2026
Here’s a look at how some of the premium plastics stack up against each other:
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
Conformable to the Orgota law that each “unit” must have employment, I work from Eighth Hour to noon in a plastics factory.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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