Names
AIDA FARINA BINTI ISMAIL
FARAH NABIHAH BINTI JOHARI
MAGGIE YAW MEI KEI
NOOR AISHAH BINTI MOHAMMED IZHAM
Student ID
UNIMKL-012462
UNIMKL-012460
UNIMKL-012697
UNIMKL-012482
Tutor Name
WONG YAO HING
Module
ENOELI- April 2013
Assignment Title
Advantages and disadvantages of plastic
Word Count
1446 words
Submission Date
5th July 2013
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AIDA FARINA BINTI ISMAIL
FARAH NABIHAH BINTI JOHARI
MAGGIE YAW MEI KEI
NOOR AISHAH BINTI MOHAMMED IZHAM
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Advantages and Disadvantages of Plastic
Ullman’s Encyclopaedia of Industrial Chemistry defined plastic as a combination of polymer and additives, which most of the additives added are synthetic and are produced by high technology equipment (2003, pp. 325-336). The history of plastic shows that human being started to use plastic before 15000 B.C. (2003, pp. 325-336). Only after few decades, Alexander Parkers succeeded in finding an easy method to produce plastic which then his invention, Parkesine was introduced in 1862. The demand of plastic continuously increases as Lundsquit confirmed that the production of plastic had increased from 1.5 million tonnes in 1945 to 80 million tonnes in 1989 (2000, p.4). Ullman’s Encyclopaedia of Industrial Chemistry concluded that the rapid growth of plastic production was probably because of the three main factors: the growth of world population, the increase in standard living and the replacement of older materials of plastic (2003, p. 337). Although plastic has a wide range of important industrial applications due to its unique features, mismanagement and unregulated use of plastic bring harm to animal life, lead to