Charles described an area in the Pacific, twice the size of Texas, transformed literally into a plastic soup, where one part plankton to six parts plastic could be trawled.
Thousands of Rwandans have taken the day off work to pick up plastic bags as part of a government attempt to clean up the environment.
Plastic vuvuzelas hit the market in the late 1990s when Van Schalkwyk, who was a semi-professional footballer and part-time plastic molder, got the idea from fans of Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates, who brought their metal vuvuzelas to games in Cape Town.
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Several countries have already switched from paper to plastic, at least in part.
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The rear, made in part from soft plastic, covers slots for the microSD and SIM (not micro-SIM) slots, but there's no battery access.
If plastics recycling isn't taking off, that's in part because scrap plastic isn't worth much--and it isn't worth much because handling it consumes gobs of labor, energy and other precious resources.
Yes, it feels good in the hand, owed in part to that matte plastic back and subtle arc S-like curve, but the materials feel cheap.
You might argue, for instance, that the S5's plastic keyboard deck and bezel are part of the reason it weighs a light 1.35kg (2.98 pounds), but the Series 9 is made of unibody aluminum and still weighs about four-tenths of a pound less.
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In a dim basement dining hall in Cherkasy, decorated with blue-and-white Star of David pennants, a woman who emigrated in 1988 recently watched in shock as old women dumped part of their lunch into plastic bags for dinner and breakfast.
No plastic, which everyone knows makes up a huge part of our garbage these days.
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Richardson plays the part of Julia, the estranged wife of Miami plastic surgeon Dr Sean McNamara (played Dylan Walsh).
But the explosion is far more astonishing when you consider that the Arabic-speaking part of the Gulf has essentially no indigenous tradition of visual or plastic arts.
The three-month Scottish consultation, which will launch on Wednesday, is part of an SNP manifesto commitment to "seek to phase out free plastic bags in supermarkets".
The Coca-Cola Company is one of many iconic brands taking part in this global movement with a dedication to identifying products such as plastic bottles and aluminum cans that can be re-purposed for some of these trendy, recycled goods.
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David Lock, counsel for the hospital, part of the Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust, said a doctor had said she was "living in a plastic box" and that her life would be "dominated by pain and suffering".
Passengers also will be allowed to bring onboard as part of their carry-on luggage novelty-sized baseball bats less than 24 inches long, toy plastic bats, billiard cues, ski poles, hockey sticks, lacrosse sticks and two golf clubs, the agency said.
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