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...Take a day in the life of Wong Kam-hung, a 38-year-old Hong Kong buyer of plastic goods. He's at the office by 8 a.m., leaves between 12 and 13 hours later, and gets back to his high-rise suburban apartment at around 10 p.m. His four kids-one is 11, one is 5 and there are 2-year-old twins-are in bed by 11 at the latest, leaving him one hour to spend with them if he's lucky. At the same time as seeing to them, an exhausted Wong also tries to relax...
...coming days, the number killed is expected to climb well beyond the toll of 30 reported in the early aftermath of the disaster. For those thousands now camping out on higher ground or sheltering under plastic sheeting, food, water, medicines and other supplies can't come quickly enough...
Estimated number of years a plastic grocery bag takes to decompose. About 100 billion plastic bags are distributed annually worldwide...
Drop in Ikea plastic-bag use in Britain since the chain began charging for bags last spring. On March 15, Ikea introduced a 5¢ charge per bag in its U.S. stores...
...women was just $1,900 in 2004, compared with $2,000 for single men, according to the Federal Reserve Board's Survey of Consumer Finances. But don't tell that to Glinda Bridgforth, author of Girl, Get Your Credit Straight!, who recommends visualization and meditation to help us break plastic's grip on our financial well-being...