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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C. R. Plastics Role: Jamie Bailey (owner of C. R. Plastics) Decision: how much money would he need to keep up with growing demand - should they level load Problem: C. R. Plastics need financing in order for growth of the company bank line of credit: $500 000 personal money: $150 000 credit card: $35 000 - Jamie has exhausted his means in financing and needs an injection of new money Objective: convince the Dragons’ to provide financing without giving up more than 30% of his company
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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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Utilization of Waste Plastic in Bituminous Mix for Improved Performance of Roads’ (Plastic Road) Disposal of waste plastic is a major problem .It is non-biodegradable .It mainly consists of low-density polyethylene .Burning of these waste plastic bags causes environmental pollution.To find its utility in bituminous mixes for road construction.Laboratory performance studies were conducted on bituminous mixes .Laboratory studies proved that waste plastic enhances the property of the mix .Improvement
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Children are often exposed to sports at an early age. As they get older and start school they often participate in sports as a way to both make now friends and be active. As the children grow older‚ progressing into their teenage years‚ they become more specialized in their sports. The sports that the young people continue with grow in their favor. When the child reaches the high school level‚ sports take center stage. The pressure for them to perform in sports and perform well is immense. There
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Paper or Plastic? You are at the grocery store checking out and the clerk asks you‚ “paper or plastic?” Which one will you choose? Do you choose paper because you think it is better for the environment‚ or do you choose plastic because its easier to carry? Whatever choice you make is up to you‚ but I hope that after reading this essay you will be more informed about the choice you do make. Paper comes from trees. It starts from logging‚ where trees are marked and cut down. In the logging process
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Definition: Plastic money is a term that is used predominantly in reference to the hard plastic cards we use every day in place of actual bank notes. They can come in many different forms such as cash cards‚ credit cards‚ debit cards‚ pre-paid cash cards and store cards. Introduction: A slang phrase for credit cards‚ especially when such cards used to make purchases. The "plastic" portion of this term refers to the plastic construction of credit cards‚ as opposed to paper and metal of
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detailing the future benefits ‚ feasibility ‚ accessibility‚ comforts ‚contingency and growth. Now‚ the affordability factor‚ this factor is made so achievable that nothing seems to be beyond reach. How is that? Its the introduction of plastic money. The widely used kind of plastic money is credit card and debit card. Of these two the debit card is the payment affordability upto the balance in the account hold in the bank. But the credit card is a boasters to the factor of affordability. The invention
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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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to say no to plastic bags! Plastic bags should be banned from grocery stores. I often go to the store and buy 1 or 2 items and I am given so many bags. I feel that we have become an extremely wasteful society. If we could just say no to plastic bags we would be slowing down the waste in landfills. It takes a little more effort to remember to carry reusable bags in the car but it is worth saving our environment. I am proud to say that my young daughters have said no to the plastic bag when they
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