plastic
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Dresses made of silver gift ribbon and plastic jump ropes had the effect of an espresso shot.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
She increased prices this summer between 10% and 21% on all of her products, which include plastic insulators for high-voltage transmission wires.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
Immigrants at the centre also told OIG that they did not have access to clean drinking water and could not clean the plastic cups from which they drank.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
Soybean oil went into Ford paints, and soybean meal into molded plastic parts.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026
Then Renata remembered that the popcorn popper had a clear plastic dome on it.
From "Wolfie & Fly" by Cary Fagan
Acrylamide is also used in paper and plastics production, the report notes.
From Slate ● Sep. 14, 2026
Cars and batteries and plastics and metals and other things were incinerated, and a toxic plume traveled for miles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
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
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
There is a scrap metal recycling plant, a sprawling Goodyear tire factory, and a plastics factory.
From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario
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