Perhaps you did not hear about the “incident” at a very small California track. Of course, that might be because the track is so small it’s cannot be found on any map. A racer named Bobby Johnson, barreling down a short mountain course in a Lancia 037 Group B […]
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What can you do with all those plastic Easter eggs?
LAFAYETTE, La. — The Easter Bunny has gone, and left us with toys, candy, bits of plastic green grass floating all over the house – and those plastic eggs. As we begin to pick up our Easter decorations, some may be wondering what to do with all of those leftover […]
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Watch Brands Are Putting Plastic Ocean Waste to Good Use
A few years ago, Panerai CEO Jean-Marc Pontroué and the brand’s extreme-explorer ambassador Mike Horn had a discussion about global pollution that set the watch brand on its mission to build a watch made with 100% recycled materials. Horn pointed out that he was seeing pollution in the most remote […]
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Italian care home installs plastic curtains for residents to cuddle loved ones
A resident (left) of the Domenico Sartor nursing home in Castelfranco Veneto, near Venice, hugs her visiting daughter ( (Photo by PIERO CRUCIATTI/AFP via Getty Images)) A care home in Italy has developed an innovative approach to social distancing during the Covid pandemic. Residents at The Domenico Sartor care home […]
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Plastic skeleton embodies the spirit of friendship in neighborhood [I Know a Story column] | Food + Living
This is an open love letter to my plastic skeleton, Bobby Bones. Our love story begins with a fateful chance meeting. I was leisurely strolling the aisles of Target when our eyes meet. I was stopped dead in my tracks. (My mouth may have fallen agape; I’m not sure). As […]
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How To Build A Recycled Plastic Skateboard? Designer Giving Away Plans For Free
One of the 100% recycled plastic skateboard decks being put to good use. Jason Knight/MANDIN Collective Plastic bags, bottle caps and CD cases, with a little work, can be the ingredients for making a skateboard deck. You have to add the trucks and wheels later on, and designer Jason Knight […]