plastic

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Standing in her kitchen, Nicole Fontanez let out a gasp as she cut open a cardboard box, revealing a plastic figure of Yoshi, Mario’s dinosaur-like friend.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026

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

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

Foreign plastic makers are increasingly converting their plants to use ethane rather than crude oil derivatives, he said, thanks to the lower price and greater availability of natural gas.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

Wells Fargo recently downgraded the companies’ shares, partly because of their exposure to the rising cost of plastic.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 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