Tag: Plastic

Opossum hanging from a tree.
  • Outdoors Outdoors

Rescuer climbs tree for opossum hanging over water in North Carolina, finds hook under tongue

A firetruck at the site of the landfill fire.
  • Tech Tech

Michigan landfill fire scorches 1.5 acres after lithium-ion batteries in household trash ignite

A person uses a shovel to transfer spent grain from a brewing vessel into a bucket.
  • Business Business

A Sydney pub owner checked his bins, then cut waste costs by $5,000 a year

A bottle of laundry detergent, a small container, a broken cap, and a pair of pliers on a wooden surface.
  • Home Home

Pliers turned an 'empty' Tide jug into one more laundry load

Images of a car's interior, dashboard details, and a group of people posing with a water bottle next to a parked car.
  • Outdoors Outdoors

In India, woman driving on elevated road spots cobra on dashboard, and police rush in

Medical billing documents.
  • Business Business

Patient gets annual labs at in-network hospital, then learns $2,400 rates can mean a $500 bill

A shoreline covered with brown seaweed and gentle waves lapping at the edge.
  • Tech Tech

Florida city calls rotting sargassum an 'emergency,' moves toward beach cleanup pilot

A damaged window frame showing cracks in the white paint and a wooden sill.
  • Home Home

Homeowner repainted a wood window, then learned why south-facing heat cracks paint fast

A dimly lit interior showing a patterned rug, a window with blinds, and a plastic container on the floor.
  • Home Home

Homeowner sees HVAC UV light glowing through air intake, learns it can burn eyes

A gold electric car driving on the highway with other vehicles visible in the side mirror.
  • Tech Tech

Gold Tesla Cybercab loses a door panel in Philadelphia, where Tesla has no AV permit

A row of plastic water bottles with blue caps in a refrigerator.
  • Home Home

In the UK, a massive water outage shows why bottled water alone won't carry a household

A couple discussing issues on a couch.
  • Tech Tech

Oculus founder Palmer Luckey says he'd build a startup using 'oxytocin doping' to curb divorce

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