A Chinese actress whose nose turned black after a rhinoplasty caused her ... which puts them under pressure to have plastic surgery to enhance - and in some cases, transform - their appearance.

The reason: Black plastic cannot be recycled. “The reason is that the machine that sorts the recycling is looking at the plastics on a conveyor belt, and it cannot tell the difference between a black ...

like for pieces of plastic, just everybody think about that,” she said. The Lego Group, the makers of Lego, did not respond to requests for comment about the black market for its products.

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By Aimee Ortiz It’s one Lego kit, a collection of small plastic bricks and related accessories ... Lego kits have become a hot commodity on the black market and the target of brazen thieves.