Background The overuse of plastics in today’s society has become major environmental issue for our oceans. Plastic pollution is the dumping‚ littering‚ or disposing of any type of man-made plastic that has been produced and has ended up in our ocean and has not been recycled. History of Plastic "Plastic" entered the world through chemistry in 1909 and was originally coined to describe Bakelite‚ the first fully synthetic resin. What make’s plastic so unique is when it is heated it can be molded
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Plastic Plastics are used on a daily basis throughout the world. The word plastic is a common term that is used for many materials of a synthetic or semi-synthetic nature. The term was derived from the Greek plastikos‚ which means “fit for molding.” Plastics are a wide variety of combinations of properties when viewed as a whole. They are used for shellac‚ cellulose‚ rubber‚ and asphalt. We also synthetically manufacture items such as clothing‚ packaging‚ automobiles‚ electronics‚ aircrafts‚ medical
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“Bag Lady” Being less fortunate‚ doesn’t describe who you are as a person. It doesn’t change your personality. Just because I don’t shop at the same store as you‚ or live in the same neighborhood‚ doesn’t change the fact that I am smart‚ unique and talented. Many people walk pass me; giving me weird and mean looks. I guess they think that I’m beneath them. Yeah‚ my clothes aren’t as bright as theirs. But that’s only because I ran out of Gain last year. People are so judge-y. They don’t even
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that took him at least 2 hours everyday to go to school. It became a constant reminder to him to hold on to his dreams and education. In elementary‚ he only put his school supplies in a plastic bag. He would go around knocking on different sari-sari stores everyday asking for a new plastic bag because his plastic bag would rip off due to his pencils. He even mentioned that there were times that he did not even get the chance to eat nor was given allowance. He thought it was a blessing for him to be
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towards the actual product (in this case the paper bags) in question‚ the extent to which a consumer considers environmental responsibility to be important‚ the extent to which a consumer considers environmental issues to be a threat to her-/himself and the amount of information a consumer receives about the initiative. To test our model we used a quantitative approach and investigated the consumer attitudes towards the initiative no plastic bags at the shopping centre Strömpilen‚ Umeå. We found
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1. Which of the following is a run-on sentence? A. The house was owned by the mayor. B. Mike joined the army‚ and he became more disciplined during the training. C. Karen’s uncle arrives tomorrow she wants to see him. D. We like to take a walk after dinner. 2. Which sentence uses correct parallel construction? A. The painter wore glasses‚ gloves‚ and boots. B. Most people enjoy ice cream and the plant grows. C. You can either talk to the manager about your problem or writing a letter
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May 2014. Plastic Surgery “What’s the whole point of being pretty on the outside when you are so ugly on the inside?” This quote is saying about the valuation of a person is inside of her or him‚ not the beauty outside. In recently years‚ plastic surgery has grown in the Medical field in many countries around the world. It has become a booming in the United State‚ the plastic surgery patients are both men and women‚ especially women (91%). Perhaps‚ people who after have the plastic surgery will
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Believe me; we can reduce the stress in many forms. Stress is a body sensation that alterate the way we feel physically‚ mentally‚ and emotionality. So‚ Stress appears in everyone. It can come from any situation or though that made you feel frustrate‚ nervous‚ or hopeless. Then‚ stress can be reduced‚ depend how we see it. For example‚ there some ways to reduce stress such as‚ sleeping more‚ taking up a hobby‚ or being organized. First‚ we are sleeping more. An easy way to reduce stress is getting
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have the same world we had a few decades ago. We should all take precautions and find ways to reduce pollution. Pollution will lead us nowhere except to create disease and suffering. I have just met up with a scientish‚ Dr Leong‚ from the House of Science Malaysia. He has given me tips on reducing the pollution. Firstly‚ we must not do open burning. Do stop a person who is doing so because that can reduce the smoke from blending into the air and thus getting into our lungs. Open burning can cause
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Hunter 1 Ashley Hunter Eichelberger ENG 090‚ 4141 2 November 2012 Reduce‚ Reuse‚ Recycle I don’t know about you but before I became aware of the importance of recycling I didn’t eat a bag of chips and think “Can this bag be thrown away somewhere specific so it can be used again?” I also wouldn’t have thought of the idea that someone else might have already eaten chips out of a percentage of this bag before my lunch that day. It’s a crucial cycle that our generation must learn; how
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