Recycling Technologies, which aims to create electricity from plastic, has recently moved into the town.
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"Our new PSCs are made from plastic-like materials and are lightweight and flexible, " he said.
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So they all crowded around the desk, sipping soda from plastic cups and trying to make conversation.
As it got better at concocting multilayered devices from plastic resins, it moved on to computer circuit boards.
The previous iteration could dive to five feet, but had a less sturdy frame constructed from plastic containers and duct tape.
Helping McCracken is a shift in consumer sentiment away from plastic and metal food containers toward the more inert glass, says Panjabi.
The company also said it has upgraded the iPhone's screen from plastic to optical-quality glass, which should quiet some concerns about scratching and durability.
Cool as the kids here may be they are far from self-conscious, singing along to whatever is dished up, from Plastic Bertrand to Run DMC.
Residents were seen waiting patiently in long lines to fill up anything and everything that could hold water -- from plastic jugs to metal drums.
Other gardeners are often generous with cuttings and some vital equipment, ranging from plastic to bricks for the garden, are simply discarded by other people, she says.
It even made jerseys for nine football teams competing in the World Cup when it was held in South Africa - using polyester recycled from plastic bottles.
In a different answer to rising sea levels, Dutch studio Whim Architects produced plans for floating, self-sustaining homes made from plastic waste from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.
And in one of the week's more unusual stories, we reported on a public housing extension in Italy that was made from plastic shopping bags and other bits of non-renewable packaging.
Yes, it will be made substantially from plastic.
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On this afternoon in early December he is recalling his past and projecting out a bit--five years hence--for the business empire whose saga has seen him go from plastic-flower manufacturer to the richest resident of Asia.
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For the Wiesenmaier family, sitting around a long, fold-down picnic table, drinking wine from plastic cups and preparing for a clambake of lobster tails and slow-roasted potatoes cooked by two chefs on an enormous outdoor grill, this pristine corner of the US eastern seaboard has tonight been transformed into America's most exclusive restaurant.
At first, The Avett Brothers' "Yardsale" unfolds as a fairly straightforward study of the mundane items at a neighborhood yard sale: From plastic flowers to a blade that may or may not have been used, the selections are viewed from a bittersweet distance, as if the band merely wants to draw a character sketch of lonely and unloved household goods.
It was assembled from separate printed components made from ABS plastic - only the firing pin was made from metal.
The perimeter of the camera is made from ridged plastic that almost feels like a cut-out from a vinyl record.
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He sips beer from a plastic cup and tries to understand as his new boss speaks.
He fashioned a rain hat from a plastic bag some Chinese food had been delivered in.
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His severe face stares out from the plastic issued by the Swedish Transport Agency.
Coach Lu Jung Yong(ph) scoops balls from a plastic wash basin and fires them at his pupils.
From a plastic jerry-can on the street, a less reliable source, it might go for 50 cents.
Hanging cloud cover didn't stop many from discarding plastic ponchos and hat covers, which began piling up around the grandstand.
Shops have been banned from giving plastic bags to their customers and police are reportedly stopping plastic-bag users in the street.
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