Word: plasticity
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...front of department stores or exclusive boutiques, fashion addicts were camped outside of humdrum supermarkets. And the bag in question was not one of Hindmarch's luxurious metallic clutches but a $15 canvas tote designed for ferrying groceries home and embroidered with the phrase I'M NOT A PLASTIC...
...these limited-edition bags--several would-be owners were trampled in Taipei, Taiwan, in July, the same month in which a mob of Hindmarch fans forced police to shut down a mall in Hong Kong--is the result of a calculated effort to encourage shoppers to use fewer disposable plastic sacks, some 88 billion of which are consumed each year in the U.S. alone, with many ending up stuck in trees, clogging roadside drains and killing the birds and sea creatures that accidentally ingest them. As legislators around the globe debate whether to tax or ban outright these petroleum-based...
...airline's results. Operating profit in the year to April slid 13%. The airline insists it's not been helped by tough security measures still in place at U.K. airports, where passengers are limited to one item of hand luggage and have to put ointments and liquids in clear plastic bags. In April, BA even came out top in a league of European airlines most likely to lose your luggage...
Large urban churches have been accepting credit cards for several years, tapping into the Generation P (for Plastic) aversion to carrying cash. Pastors like to tell jokes about parishioners collecting Frequent Flier points on the way to heaven. A recent Dallas Morning News poll found that 55% of 200 local churches accept credit and/or debit cards...
...sacred tradition. Sniffs Guy Bonrepos, who has owned a French cheese shop at the market for 20 years, "A lot of the old produce stalls have been bought and changed for the tourists. They take rotting fruit, cut off the bad parts, and wrap the rest in plastic. Can you imagine? Plastic...