tips How to fold a plastic shopping bag the right way Rob Beschizza

necessity is the mother of invention Brooklyn man creates "Snatchelator" to grab plastic bags from city trees Clive Thompson

Environment Nature documentary on an invasive ocean species: plastic Andrea James

canada Grocer designed embarrassing plastic bags to shame shoppers into bringing reusable ones Rusty Blazenhoff

plastic bags Watch: Diver rescues a little fish trapped in a plastic bag and it's very satisfying Carla Sinclair

recycling Wherein Werner Herzog gives voice to a lonely plastic bag Séamus Bellamy

plastic bags Getting caught with a plastic bag in Kenya can land you in jail for 4 years Carla Sinclair

Boing Boing Gadgets This top-rated digital pen is on sale for just $39.99 Boing Boing's Shop

Science Scientists discover that fungi can effectively break down plastic Jennifer Sandlin

oceans Large amount of discarded plastic found in stomach of beached whale Elías Villoro

UFOs New official US government UFO report released, and sightings are way up Thom Dunn

scammers Why gift cards are gold mines for scammers Mark Frauenfelder

Real things you can actually buy Coolers that look like luxury handbag knockoffs Rusty Blazenhoff

*core What is Barbiecore? Think pink. Lots and lots and lots of pink. Jennifer Sandlin

late stage capitalism Buy a Balenciaga sack modeled after a plastic garbage bag for $1790 Jennifer Sandlin

consumerism Purse towers are shelves filled with containers that folks use to organize anything they might put into a purse Jennifer Sandlin

tabloids Royal rampages and facelifts in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

Blue Bin Why it is so hard to recycle plastic Jason Weisberger

ivegotonewordforyouplastics Pro-plastic propaganda for kids from 1997 "Plastics Makes It Possible" Popkin

archaeology The jars in this Egyptian tomb still smell sweet 3,000 years later David Pescovitz