Take a cotton tote or buy an eco-friendly bag for shopping and say ‘no’ to plastic. Siem Reap has a colossal plastic problem due to plastic bags (and plastic water bottles) that the more responsible members of the tourism industry in Siem Reap are working hard to combat. Do sample the...
Until the 1920s, most Halloween costumes were handmade by the costume wearer or their family. This all changed in the 1920s with the advent of manufactured costumes from companies like Ben Cooper, Collegeville Flag and Manufacturing Company, and H. Halpern Company. Ben Cooper, in part...
Plastics, as we refer to them today, are mainly derived from a petroleum source; oil that has been taken from the Earth, broken down, and parts of that oil are then used to make plastic. The Bic pen is made of polystyrene plastic and was first manufactured in 1950. To date, there ha...
this is the place to shop to “keep it real.” Although many of the shops here are less targeted to locals than to tourists, it doesn’t mean that it’s one big overpriced tourist trap; you can grab some great stuff and great bargains here. The Mong Kok area sells a wide ...
Enter our giveaway to score a mixed case of six signature bottles, with a total retail value of AU$425. Early this year, Lark Distilling Co. The new timepieces are powered by in-house, automatic calibres beating at the frequency of 4 Hz 28, 800 vibrations per hour: P-321 for the 3...
It became just another generic brand of mall-marketed clothes, just like all the other generic, cheaply-manufactured generic mall clothing brands. I wish that I had kept some of the catalogs, though. Just for sentimental value. Maybe I have – and they are buried out in a box in the ...
The Pogo Ball is a Saturn-looking jumping device manufactured by Hasbro and cousin to the Pogo Stick, which is now an official extreme sport. Unlike gaining gravity with a steel coil and footpads, the inflatable ball placed in the center of a sturdy plastic circle helped kids catch air i...
As we’ve seen from this year, plenty of plastic options are available, and many are budget-friendly. Quality and Size of The Case CrystalThe body of the Seiko SNK793 case is nicely brushed, sandwiched between a high polished bezel and screw-down case back. An unsigned, polished crown is...
We are finding plastic in our salt that is collected from the sea. Our soil is not as healthy and nutrient rich as it once used to be. The state of the world as we know is not a happy story. But, we still have the chance to change that. Solid education and awareness programmes ...
Looking at the bioreactor, it is hard to fathom how sophisticated the process is. It looks like a steel drum fed with tubes and pumps, and lined with a giant plastic bag. Those specialised bags are in high demand by vaccine makers, so each one must be checked for leaks or damage. ...