Plastic pollution is something that is drastically changing our ecosystems. With more trash thrown into bodies of water every day‚ it’s said that “plastics in the ocean will outweigh fish pound for pound in 2050” (“How”). Microplastics are changing the way plastic pollution may travel‚ and not in a good way. Microplastics are pieces of plastic less than 1mm in size and because of that‚ they can’t be removed from the ocean. In recent studies‚ researchers discovered that Zooplankton are able to digest
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Biodegradable plastic from cornstarch ABSTRACT The study aims to produce biodegradable plastic using cassava starch as its main component. Cassava starch was mixed with water‚ cornstarch and cooking oil INTRODUCTION There is an increasing demand for plastic‚ from the highly technological fields of electronics‚ fiber optics‚ and pharmaceuticals to the basic necessities such as sandwich wrappers and garbage bags. This high demand for plastics‚ however‚ has been a major contributor to
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industry in the world. Many Asian countries’ women are crazy about this type of beauty. Plastic surgery is not just about becoming prettier‚ it is also about confidence building. In some countries‚ plastic surgery even relates to career or intimating relationships. But there are some different points of view about this phenomenon. According to Choe Sang-Hun‚ who wrote an article about plastic surgery in South Korea‚ plastic surgery becoming very popular in this country. Not only is the technology well-developed
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Propsoing a bag tax can indeed be a good thing. Many of our nation’s polution comes from plastic bags. When charging an additional 25 cents for a plastic we can use that money to clean up our world. Enforcing the bag tax wouldn’t be a problem‚ the cashier will add an additional 25 cents to your total for each plastic bag. A bag tax should be imposed upon communities because of the problems plastic bags impose on our enviroment. I support having a 25 cent bad tax. A bag tax is good for three reasons
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Sociology group presentation: Plastic surgery * Plastic surgery is becoming one of the popular ways to change one’s physical appearance in South Korea. * People in Korea believe that looking good can change their lives. * 40% of the people in Korea think that they failed the interview are because they do not look beautiful. * 70% want to change their social status through plastic surgery. Reasons: * Influence of social media: Celebrities have perfect looking. This brings
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discuss the difference between reconstructive‚ plastic and cosmetic surgery and the psychological benefits of them and argue the reasons that outweigh the health risk. First‚ what are the differences between them? Reconstructive surgery is to to correct‚ fixed or repair some sort of physical deformities. Some of examples of this would be from a birth defect (cleft palate)‚ trauma (some sort of accident)‚ or medial issues (breast cancer). Plastic surgery is to transfer skin tissue from one place
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The host had plastic hair. At least it looked like it. It was so perfectly sculpted and shaped it would be difficult to think how this man‚ standing here with suit and microphone‚ camera pointed at him‚ could have anything on his head but a blob of jet black plastic‚ shaped to look like some snazzy hairstyle. Like new plastic‚ straight out of the box. In fact‚ everything around was new. New buildings‚ new technology‚ new people-all the products of a new government. I love our government! You can’t
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My Toy I lied. I told her I had absolutely no idea where it was. However‚ I knew exactly where my mommy’s long plastic whip was at. Throughout my childhood my nightmares wouldn’t be about clowns or dreaming about not having a happy ending; it would be about my mommy’s whip. Every time I did something wrong‚ I knew it was coming. It would hurt and burn‚ but somehow no one cared because they knew I deserved it. Being the middle child of my family really sucks. All the hopes
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controversial; plastic surgery has the capability to change lives of various individuals from diverse socioeconomic levels. Plastic surgery covers a broad spectrum of services which are included in reconstructive surgery‚ as well as‚ the popular aesthetic appeal of cosmetic surgery. Plastic surgery affects society both physically‚ psychologically‚ and emotionally. From Operation Smile to botox‚ accident victims to breast augmentation‚ and Little Baby Face Foundation to facelifts; plastic surgery can
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CMNS 112 Distribution of Drinking Water: Alternatives to Traditional Plastic Water Bottles Bottled water is readily available just about anywhere you go for a low price and a high level of convenience. Recently‚ bottled water has been put under a microscope as an industry which is unnecessarily wasteful and inefficient when clean tap water is available in many first world countries. Many different solutions
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