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...decades, India has been the final destination for much of the world's trash: rusty cargo ships, plastic scraps, rags and used engine oil. Even thousands of tons of rubble from the World Trade Center were shipped to India for disposal. Taking refuse for a fee is a basic trade, but it provides satisfactory profits for recyclers...
...They are deeply critical of the easygoing approach of more secular Chechen Muslims - and they are feared for their ruthlessness. The leader of this Wahhabi Jamaat is Jamal, a former welder in his forties. His past alcoholism shows on his ravaged face. The apartment is hot and muggy, the plastic sheets that serve as windows rustle in the wind and a sour smell drifts from the toilet. Most of Grozny has electricity these days, but four years after Russian air strikes practically razed the city there is still no running water. The atmosphere is sour, too. Gathered in the apartment...
...like this you really get a good one.” It was the gallery guard, and before I could really tell what was happening she pulled Wave way back, let it go, and whoosh, a hurricane-force wave crashed around inside the clear plastic slab. Much more impressive...
...Attacked by Plastic...
...Until now, antimicrobial agents that fend off bacteria and mold have been limited to cleaning supplies and products made of plastic...