IS PLASTIC BAD FOR THE ENVIRINMENT? A plastic material is any of a wide range of synthetic or semi-synthetic organic solids that are moldable. Plastics are typically organic polymers of high molecular mass‚ but they often contain other substances. They are usually synthetic‚ most commonly derived from petrochemicals‚ but many are partially natural. Whether you are aware of it or not‚ plastics play an important part in your life. Plastics’ versatility allow it to be used in everything from car
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Life in the plastic era Time to Protect Earth: Safe Life from Plastic Pollution Dioxin is just one of hundreds of Contaminants stored in the human fat - Hossain Shahriar‚ Ph.D. The history of plastics goes back more than 100 years - however‚ compared to other materials‚ plastics are relatively modern. Their usage over the past century has enabled society to make huge technological advances to take us towards the new Millennium. Pre-20th Century although we think of plastic as a modern invention
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NOTES Every day over 10million new plastic bags are being created‚ that’s over 3.92 billion new plastic bags every year. You may think plastic bags are harmless‚ but the every time you accept plastic bags at a check out‚ you are damaging the environment we live in. For that one time you use that plastic bag‚ it can last from 500-100years. You may think you are helping the environment when you are buying biodegradable bags‚ but they take just as long to degrade. But there is a way to help the
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COMMON SYNTHETIC PLASTICS INRODUCTION Plastic molecules are made of long chains of repeating units called monomers. The atoms that make up a plastic’s monomers and the arrangement of the monomers within the molecule both determine many of the plastic’s properties. Plastics are one of the classification of polymers .If a polymer is shaped into hard and tough utility articles
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The article addresses the popularly debated issue of reducing the use of plastic bags in all kinds of stores that give out free plastic bags as carriers‚ especially supermarkets in Singapore. No government legislation has been implemented in Singapore so far to make it compulsory for retailers to charge customers on plastic bags‚ which has already been done in a few Asian countries. However‚ environmental agencies have been urging Singapore government to do the same while the government is encouraging
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These lands fills have huge impacts on the environment; they cause pollution to the local environment by contaminating the groundwater and aquifers‚ contaminating the soil‚ and producing methane. One of the ways to help reduce this problem is by recycling. When you recycle‚ you convert waste materials into reusable objects‚ this process prevents waste of potentially useful materials. Reusing these materials can have numerous benefits to the environment and the economy as well. First of all when
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Recycling: Is it Just a Bunch of Garbage Americans produce 4.34 pounds of garbage per person per day (United States Environmental Protection Agency‚ 2010). Most people just bring garbage to the curb and just forget about it. Local governments employ numerous ways to remove a growing amount of garbage. The most common way is to ship it off to a landfill and bury it. Another way that has been gaining popularity is recycling. Communities have been struggling with waste removal for generations‚ raising
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Plastic Bags Should Be Banned Thesis: Today when we go shopping‚ we will see a lot of people carrying their shopping bags made of plastic. Plastic bags are really convenient for all of us to carry things we have bought. In contrast‚ there are many disadvantages of using plastic bags. If you know that plastic bags have negative impacts for our environment‚ I am sure that reducing the use of plastic bags will be happened soon. Con: they are really convenient for all of us to carry
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importance of recycling cans‚ bottles‚ and paper but food waste has been overlooked until recently. On October 21‚ 2009‚ San Francisco made it illegal to throw orange peels‚ coffee grounds and grease-stained pizza boxes in the trash. I believe that this ordinance to help reduce waste is positive and should be considered in other major cities. First‚ I’d like to talk to you about what exactly the law is and how it is enforced. Second‚ I want to discuss the benefits of compost recycling. And last I want
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Plastic can be defined as: any group of synthetic or natural organic materials that may be shaped when soft‚ which will later harden. Plastic has been around for more than 150 years. In 1839 Charles Goodyear accidently discovered the process of vulcanization‚ the process of making rubber more durable‚ which evolved into the creation of plastics later on. In 1846‚ Swiss chemist Charles Schonbein discovered how to produce the plastic polymer known as celluloid. In 1909‚ chemist Leo Baekeland created
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