Keep up with times and make your own cloth bags. picked by gammerus 2 years ago

Fun little game picked by pjanaway 2 years ago

Now what are we to use to line the garbage can in the bathroom? picked by icepigs 3 years ago

Plans to replace the traditional pint glass with one made of shatter-proof plastic will not be accepted by drinkers, the pub industry has warned. picked by nateebiinature 3 months ago

In a follow up to AutumnLotus' earlier post, a Canadian teenager may have discovered a solution to the current problem. As for the future, there are some good suggestions here picked by suebe 1 year ago

Mayor Bloomberg wants to nickel and dime you at the grocery store - taxing you an extra 5 cents for every plastic bag you take home. picked by Nateebiinature 1 year ago

Your never too old for a good plastic soldier war! picked by trushafty38 2 years ago

This is one place where it ends up, anyway. picked by gnikgnok 2 years ago

All of them had gone to South Korea to get plastic surgery and had come back so unrecognizable that customs officers couldn't use their existing passport pictures to place them. picked by suebe 3 months ago

Can't use that Target gift card or just need the cash? You can sell/buy gift cards at a discount. There are other sites, too, but this one seemed so comprehensive. picked by suebe 11 months ago

Researchers from Wake Forest University (WFU) in the U.S. report that they have developed flexible organic solar cells with an energy efficiency surpassing 6 percent, more than double the 3 percent efficiency they reached two years ago. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

Here's the (expected) follow-up to an earlier post about this allegedly largest diamond ever found. picked by rambler 2 years ago

The key is a machine that uses 1200 different frequencies within the microwave range, which act on specific hydrocarbon materials. picked by hypnotode 2 years ago

Firemen and RSPCA officers were left feeling like right Twit-twoo's after spending hours trying to rescue a toy owl from a telegraph pole. picked by Bornbad 12 months ago

Lots of sculptors these days use blowtorches and create their works in hard steel. Jerry Ross Barrish uses a glue gun and makes his art from discarded plastic. And the art is something to behold. picked by jpetar75 6 months ago

A team of British and German scientists has created a new type of flexible plastic film that allows objects to precisely change color. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

See the world through the eyes of miniature people. The "PLASTIC PEOPLE" Flickr set by Vincent Bousserez shows us some beautiful scenes from another point of view, where the world seems as ordinary as our very own but in a smaller scale! picked by Bornbad 10 months ago

It's not your average science fair when the 16-year-old winner manages to solve a global waste crisis. But such was the case at last month's year's Canadian Science Fair in Waterloo, Ontario, where Daniel Burd, a high school student at Waterloo Collegiate Institute, presented his research on microorganisms that can rapidly biodegrade plastic. picked by sharon22 6 months ago

Do you like Star Trek? Do you like Music? Do you really really like Star Trek? Well now you can have a plastic surgeon give you Vulcan/Elvin ears. Some claim the pointed tips allows for better hearing of music. Real? Fake? picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

Environmental officers in Vietnam have found that nearly 300 tons of medical waste from a Hanoi hospital was illegally processed into household plastic utensils, including blood-filled syringes. Yuck. picked by misswinkle 2 years ago