Midway Atoll, North Pacific Ocean (CNN) -- The distance from humanity yawns out in front of you when you stand on the pale sands of this ... part of an enormous plastic garbage patch, spinning ...

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Piles of plastic toys take up space in many family homes in the UK. If you're a parent, then you'll know how tricky it can be to avoid buying them, whether it's diggers, dolls houses or building ...

A new collection of Barbie dolls is made out of plastic that was bound for the ocean. On Thursday, the toy company Mattel launched "Barbie Loves the Ocean," its first collection of Barbies with ...

They are, after all, literally a box, or a pail, for carrying food. A metal or a plastic box with some decoration ... PEZ dispensers and Cabbage Patch Kid dolls. As is often the case with such ...

As the Winter Drop approaches release, players wonder what the best Minecraft Pale Garden seeds are. The latest snapshots and previews allowed players to experience this creepy biome ahead of its ...

Scientists have new evidence to explain why plastic is dangerous to sea turtles: the animals mistake the scent of plastic for food. Thus, a plastic bag floating in the sea not only looks like a ...

Plastic is incredibly useful and practical – and everywhere. Our modern life depends on it. Strong, light and adaptable, it’s in everything from household goods, medical equipment and bank notes, to ...

But that doesn’t mean any plastic box will do ... odor-sequestering pail that you can dump dirty litter in and then empty out about every two weeks. We prefer the Litter Genie Plus over a ...

the two extremes came out shriveled and pale or borderline overcooked. This machine did its best work at a medium level. The plastic parts stay cool-ish, but it’s steamy. After a long cooking ...

Plastic is a really useful man-made material that has transformed our lives, but what happens after we throw it away is causing a big problem for our planet. Plastic waste can last for hundreds of ...