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Japanese plastic manufacturer Sanko to build their first American manufacturing facility in San Antonio, Texas, creating hundreds of jobs for the local community. pic.twitter.com/BLcywyP0U9 — Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) February 17, 2026 Factcheck: According to Sanko Texas Corp.’s plans, the …
Hundreds of cases of dog food have been recalled after owners complained of finding plastic in their furry friend’s dinner. Fromm Family Foods issued the recall Wednesday for its Bonnihill Farms BeefiBowls Beef Recipe frozen dog food. The company said …
Julian Brown turned grocery bags into diesel. He filmed it. Posted it. Called it Plastoline. Said it could scale with funding. Four working prototypes. He burned himself testing it. Kept going. Then stopped. His last post was July 9. Said …
WE’VE HIT PEAK INSANITY: FAKE PHONES FOR REAL AD*ICTS Can’t stop doomscrolling? Now there’s a $20 solution: a slab of acrylic that does literally nothing – but feels like a phone. It’s called the Methaphone, and yes, people are now …
Plastic spoon The human brain may contain up to a spoon’s worth of tiny plastic shards—not a spoonful, but the same weight (about seven grams) as a plastic spoon, according to new findings published Monday in the journal Nature Medicine. …
Common sense wins again! The war on plastic straws was never about the environment—it was about control. Paper straws were a useless, soggy, virtue-signaling disaster, and everyone knew it. “It’s a ridiculous situation. We’re going back to plastic straws,” Trump …
Plastic!! Snipped 1. Plastic Rice What It Is: Fake rice made from a combination of potato, sweet potato, and plastic resin. Why It’s Dangerous: Consuming plastic can lead to digestive issues and long-term health problems. 2. Pesticide-Laden Apples What It …
Walmart, Target, and Albertsons alongside other grocery giants are all making a big change to their stores in California. Governor Gavin Newsom has signed a law banning plastic bags being used at such stores in the state. The change will …
It worked great when they banned plastic straws in California. Climate change totally fixed there. pic.twitter.com/orOeko1v5J — Samuel Culper 722 (@politiwars) August 6, 2024 The Biden administration announced a plan to target plastic pollution, dedicating particular focus to “phase out” single-use …
Unintended Consequences: The amount of plastic bags Californians threw away increased by approximately 50% since the ban became law. Now, California lawmakers are eyeing stricter bans to address the problems that the original ban may have created n 2014, then-California …
If green activists truly worried about atmospheric greenhouse gases (GHG) such as carbon dioxide, they would bring back plastic shopping bags tomorrow. But they wouldn’t – the whipped up plastic scare has been too useful a tool to batter people …
More than 61,000 pounds of steamed chicken soup dumplings sold at Trader Joe’s are being recalled for possibly containing hard plastic, U.S. regulators announced Saturday. The Agriculture Department’s Food Safety and Inspection Service noted that the now-recalled dumplings, which are …
Ten cars of a cargo train carrying plastic pellets and cooking oil derailed in upstate New York, with two ending up in a river, authorities said. The cars, part of a 94-car train operated by Berkshire & Eastern Railroad, derailed …
“We’re really harnessing what nature has developed to do manufacturing for us.” Now that’s how you upcycle. In a recent study, researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute were able to gene-hack a strain of bacteria to turn wasteful polyethylene plastic into …
via naturalnews: New research published in the peer-reviewed Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) reveals that bottled water may not be as healthy and pure as claimed due to contamination with microplastics. Researchers from Columbia University and Rutgers University found that the average bottle of water …
The Federal Court overturned Canada’s ban on single-use plastic on Thursday, deeming the policy “unreasonable and unconstitutional. The decision found that the classification of plastics in the cabinet order was too broad to be listed on the List of Toxic …
by Chris Black Yeah, I am shocked, what can I say? Paper straws are yet another "green" disaster. They contain a carcinogen called PFAS, which builds up in the body and is linked to multiple cancers. Plastic is the new …