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Studies Test Recycled Plastics, Tires in RoadsEnvironment — 3dResearch and road projects are testing recycled materials in asphalt: a Minnesota study found mixes with up to 50% reclaimed asphalt compacted well, while plastic has been used or evaluated in roads in the U.S., India and Ghana to reduce waste and petroleum-based materials. Results are promising, but questions about mix consistency and long-term durability remain, and some findings are based on laboratory tests or ongoing monitoring.

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St. Louis Archdiocese Sues Over ICE Sacrament Limits — Oct 5, 2026On Oct. 5, 2026, St. Louis clergy sued over ICE jail sacrament limits after an official proposed Communion in a plastic bag via guard; the filing says one detainee died there.

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Elena Vasquez ICE giving lawyers more access than clergy shows the rules are inconsistent and unfair to faith needs.

Texas AG Paxton Investigates Hanes and Fruit of the Loom Over Possible Toxic Chemicals — Oct 6, 2026Texas AG Paxton issued civil demands to Hanes and Fruit of the Loom over possible toxic chemicals in kids' clothing; EJF finds 92.8% of textile plastic chemicals pose high health risk. No product tests cited.

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School workers free raccoon stuck head-first in a dumpster hole — Oct 3, 2026At a Vidor City, Texas school, maintenance workers found a raccoon with its head stuck in a dumpster, gave it water from a plastic cup, then cut the metal free. The district called them behind-the-scenes heroes.

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IJRTop Trump Dinner Bidders Stash Cash On Exchanges That Shut Out AmericansDylan Kresak · 3 min · 1h

SMX Says Oil Volatility Elevates Recycled Plastic — Sep 15, 2026The articles converge on the idea that energy volatility and rising transport costs are turning plastic recycling from a sustainability gesture into a core economic strategy, as the “Age of Parity” sees recycled plastic increasingly compete with virgin material. They underscore how global tensions, fuel spikes, and affordability pressures are reshaping the materials economy, pushing governments and companies to treat recycling as an economic necessity rather than a fringe objective, with real-world examples from Syria, Bangladesh, and broader markets illustrate the shift.

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AP Top 25 College Football TeamsRankingCollege football fans argue endlessly over which programs deserve the top spots in the AP Poll based on wins, schedule strength, and legacy.

Charles Spencer Memoir Revives Diana Royal Controversy — Sep 15, 2026Charles Spencer’s memoir Swan Song: Diana, My Sister was stolen from a truck in the Netherlands just days before its worldwide release, with four copies concealed in black plastic and triggering police investigations amid extreme security concerns. Publishers and insiders describe the incident as highly suspicious and potentially aimed at leaking one of the year’s most anticipated books, prompting a race to secure serialisation and publication plans.

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Innovative Process ‘Vaporizes’ Plastic Waste Into Building Blocks For New Plastics‌ ‌ — Sep 4, 2024Dr. John Hartwig explained that polyethylene and polypropylene plastics comprise about two-thirds of consumer plastic waste worldwide. MALI MAEDER VIA PEXELS. “> A radical new process “vaporizes” plastic bags and…

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Gavin Newsom Signs New Plastic Bag Ban After California’s First Attempt Backfired — Sep 23, 2024Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom enacted a law Sunday that will ban the use of most plastic bags at grocery store checkouts. The law, S.B. 1053 , will prohibit stores from giving customers single-use plastic bags…

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Engineers design plastic-eating robots aimed at cleaning up oceansGood News — Sep 1, 2026

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Chris Dalton My worry is these robots eating microplastics might also scoop up small marine life. Hope they've tested for bycatch.

BooksYou are not your thoughts—presence ends psychological sufferingTolle argues that identifying with compulsive thought and living in psychological time is the root of suffering, and that present-moment awareness is available to anyone right now.1h · 2 reads

California Accuses Oil Giant Of Lying About Plastic Recycling In New Lawsuit — Sep 23, 2024The state of California is suing ExxonMobil, alleging that the company deceived the public about how effective recycling plastic products is and facilitating pollution. Democratic California Attorney General Rob Bonta…

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CRAIG RUCKER: UN’s ‘Plastics Treaty’ Sports A Junk Science Wrapper — Jul 11, 2025Just as people were beginning to breathe a sigh of relief thanks to the Trump administration’s rollback of onerous climate policies, the United Nations is set to finalize a legally binding Global Plastics Treaty by the…

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Most Influential Women in World HistoryYourlist — RankingFrom ancient queens who ruled empires to modern activists who changed laws, these women left indelible marks on politics, science, and culture. Vote for who you think shaped history most profoundly.

Harris Reverses Course on Plastic Straw Ban — Sep 6, 2024Vice President Kamala Harris is switching her position yet again. This time, the switch involves beverage delivery vessels. In a 2019 CNN town hall, Harris was asked about the idea of banning plastic straws. “I think we…

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EXCLUSIVE: Florida AG Launches Antitrust Probe Into Plastic Organizations’ Costly Climate Goals — Apr 21, 2026Republican Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier launched an antitrust investigation Tuesday into plastics groups pushing restrictive environmental goals that allegedly drive up costs. Uthmeier sent civil…

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Trudeau Mocked for Plastic Cup Use at Coachella After Banning Single-Use Plastics in Canada — Apr 13, 2026A weekend appearance at a high-profile music festival has sparked backlash for Justin Trudeau, with critics accusing him of hypocrisy over environmental policies he once championed. According to the New York Post , the…

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IJRPolitical Debanking Ran Rampant At America’s Biggest Banks, Federal Probe AllegesJack McGeever · 5 min · 3h

Nobel chemist who discovered conductive plastics dies at 90 — Sep 3, 2026Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureate Hideki Shirakawa, famed for discovering and developing conductive polymers that enabled polymer electronics, has died at age 90. His work with MacDiarmid and Heeger overturned the belief that plastics cannot conduct electricity and spurred advances in flexible electronics and everyday devices.

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New York Pizza vs Chicago Deep DishYourlist — VS BattleThe foldable slice versus the fork-and-knife casserole — America's longest-running food fight.

Biden Admin Reportedly Throws Support Behind UN Push To Decrease Global Plastic Production — Aug 15, 2024The Biden administration is reportedly now in favor of a United Nations-led effort to reduce global plastic production, according to multiple reports. U.S. officials now reportedly support a developing U.N. treaty that…

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Denmark PM blasts unsolicited plastic-surgery offer — Aug 24, 2026Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen publicly rejected an unsolicited offer from a plastic surgeon to 'fix' a spot on her nose, saying she’s happy with her body and doesn’t need a man’s opinion. She used the moment after returning from Ukraine to urge focus on meaningful issues and reaffirm her commitment to Ukraine and Greenland policies as a long-serving leader.

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KURT MICELI: The Silence Has Been Broken. Will The Rest Of Organized Medicine Listen? — Feb 17, 2026The American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) did something rare in organized medicine: it changed course. In its new position statement on gender surgery for minors, ASPS acknowledged that its understanding has…

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Gender Doctor Calls Genital Surgery An ‘Adventure’ For Young People While Describing Grisly ComplicationsReporting — Jun 5, 2024This is the fourth article in the “WPATH Tapes” series on the World Professional Association for Transgender Health and the gender medical industry. Read the overview of our investigation here . A prominent plastic…

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Daily Caller News FoundationTop Trump Dinner Bidders Stash Cash On Exchanges That Shut Out AmericansThe race for seats at the president's next meme coin dinner seems to be drawing a largely foreign crowd.1h

Doctor Claims Biden Has Undergone $100K Worth of Plastic SurgeryReporting — Aug 31, 2023People who have been in politics — or any profession — for 50-plus years tend to show it in their faces with wrinkles, thinning hair and sagging skin. Not so much President Joe Biden. Pictures of Biden from the early…

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Man Shows His Mechanic New Electric Truck He Bought, He’s Alarmed When He Looks Underneath the PlasticOpinion — Oct 7, 2022President Joe Biden and his administration are acting as if a transition away from fossil fuels and into electric vehicles will happen just because they want it to. However, with electric vehicles, there’s a wide gap…

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STEPHEN MOORE: Price Controls Will Deny Millions Of Americans Credit Cards — Apr 16, 2026There’s a famous line in the movie “The Graduate” where a young Dustin Hoffman receives this bit of career advice from a businessman: “One word, Benjamin: plastics.” He wasn’t talking about credit cards, but he might as…

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US Counterterrorism Prosecutors Probing Trump Supporters’ Storming of CapitolReporting — Jan 11, 2021U.S. counterterrorism prosecutors are probing the crowd of President Donald Trump’s supporters who stormed the Capitol last week, initially focusing on at least two men who equipped themselves with plastic zip ties – a…

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DAN HAYWORTH: We’re Winning The War On Trans Ideology — But Those Gains Could Still Be Reversed — Feb 17, 2026Radical gender ideology suffered another setback when the American Medical Association and American Society of Plastic Surgeons declared their opposition to sex-change surgeries for minors. But just because…

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IJROver 20 State Treasurers Warn Agencies Against Using ESG For Deciding Credit RatingsJack McGeever · 4 min · 3h