Plastics are durable‚ lightweight materials that were invented in 1909. They are normally made from oil and natural gas. Using plastics to replace packaging materials such as metal and glass has allowed manufacturers to make packages that are more efficient. For example to bottle eight gallons of a beverage would take only two pounds of plastic but would take three pounds of aluminum‚ eight pounds of steel and 27 pounds of glass. The light weight of plastic packaging helps reduce transportation
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Chapter 9 The World of Plastics and Polymers Overview • Plastics are all around us – Polymers‚ materials whose molecules consist of long chain of atoms • Natural • Synthetic • Use of material and impact on economy‚ lifestyle‚ and leisure – Word plastic to some carry connotation “cheap” or “tacky” – Synthetic polymers revolutionised modern life • eg plastics become important in automobile industry‚ some new plastics stronger than steel and resist corrosion‚ less dense than structural
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Whenever you walk on the beach do you notice the plastic in the water or on the sand? Do you ever think that something should be done about this? Plastic pollution is something that’s hurting the environment and is growing more and more every year. Plastic pollution is caused by people using the ocean as a trash can. People are careless and would rather litter than throw the pastic bag away or recycle it. Convinenece to people is better for them than the environment. Throughout the years the pollution
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Plastic in Our Oceans 46‚000 pieces of plastic per square mile make up 90% of our ocean’s trash accumulation (Nichol‚ 2012‚ Plastics‚ like Diamonds‚ are forever‚ para. 1). Within the areas‚ many animals will either ingest‚ become entangled in‚ or even die due to the high plastic amounts. Nearly 267 species are harmed by plastic (Nichol‚ 2012‚ Fast Facts). With such deadly effects due to yearly accumulation‚ the banning of plastic bags and reduction of usage in a household will improve overall health
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Plastic is one of the most widely used products in the U.S. We use it to package consumer products‚ to charge our purchases with credit cards‚ to carry our food and drink‚ to build our toys and to even make our clothing! There are over 10‚000 different kinds of plastic in the world‚ and it is so versatile and can be mixed with so many other elements that its uses are limitless. But plastic takes up about 10% of our total waste stream‚ and it is composed mainly of the non-renewable resource petroleum
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Disadvantages of Plastics Disadvantages of Plastics are 1. FLAMMABLE – This is definitely an advantage in that they can be melted down‚ however soldering plastics can release toxic fumes into the environment. 2. COST OF RECYCLING – While recycling is a plus‚ recycling is a very costly endeavour. 3. VOLUME – In the United States 20% of our landfill is made up of plastics. As more products are being made of plastics‚ where will this lead us in the future? 4. DURABILITY – This is an advantage
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Period 3A The Scourge of Plastic Plastic is used in so many of our worldly possessions. This resource is in our bottles‚ our televisions‚ even in our clothing‚ and makes up much of the things we use every day. “So what?” you may ask‚ “it’s just some material that we use a lot in our lives‚ why is that important?” The fact of the matter is that a lot of the plastic in many of the things we own are unsafe‚ toxic‚ and not fit for commercial use. Every company that makes plastic has their own closely-guarded
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Try to imagine‚ if one day‚ you can no longer find any plastic packaging‚ what would your life be? Say‚ when you bought a chunk of fresh meat‚ normally placed in a polythene plate with a layer of food wrap‚ the plastic packaging of which disappeared now‚ what could you do to take it away hygienically? Or when you bought some toilet cleaners‚ how could you bring it home in order not to harm your hands without a plastic bottle provided? Plastic packaging is everywhere that one can never avoid in our
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Canada: Self Published‚ 2008. pg.14-16. This article talks about the size of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch that’s in the North Pacific Ocean. It also explains how 80% of the debris is plastic that floats for hundreds of miles until it’s caught up in a gyre. I would use this article to show how plastic ends up there and is broken down by sunlight and salt and ingested by fish and birds. Blomberg‚ Lindsey. By the Numbers‚ The Great Pacific Garbage Patch. NOAA Marine Debris Program. HYPERLINK
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The Effects of Plastic Bags on Environmentt * | * The effects of plastic bags on the environment are really quite devastating. While there are many objections to the banning of plastic bags based solely on their convenience‚ the damage to the environment needs to be controlled. * There is no way to strictly limit the effects of plastic bags on the environment because there is no disposal method that will really help eliminate the problem. While reusing them is the first step‚ most people
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