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    ADVANTAGES Plastic is very useful in the building and construction‚ electronics (laptops wouldn’t work well if they were made from glass)‚ packaging (gladwrap)‚ transportation industries. Very easy to make - water bottles‚ plastic bags‚ pens‚ cups etc etc The main advantages of plastic materials are also the reason why plastic is such a problem. It lasts forever and it is very cheap to make. When I say it last forever‚ I mean it does not biodegrade. There is a flotilla of plastic the size

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    Say No Plastics

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    ------------------------------------------------- Say no to plastics — Presentation Transcript * 1. SAY NO TO PLASTICS By Dibakar Bose * Plastics is one of the few new chemical materials which pose environmental problem. Polyethylene‚ polyvinyl chloride‚ polyester is largely used in the manufacture of Plastics Plastics is the general common term for a wide range of synthetic or semi synthetic organic solid materials suitable for the manufacture of industrial products .Plastics are typically polymers of high molecular

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    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

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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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    Disadvtages of plastics

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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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    Plastic Research Paper

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    Plastic is infinitely useful and makes life unbelievably simpler for everyone. Plastic however can have harmful effects on not only the environment but also on human health. Whether plastics advantages out way it potential health causes is the subject of debate. Plastic is used in everything from cell phones to water bottles. The fact that such a versatile and exhausted product can cause health problems should be taken into consideration. Plastic also has a harmful affect on the environment. This

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    Website Material on Plastic Waste Management Central Pollution Control Board‚ Parivesh Bhawan‚ East Arjun Nagar‚ Delhi-110032 June‚ 2013 Chapter – 1: Annual Report (2011-12) on Implementation of PWM Plastic products have become an integral part in our daily life as a basic need. It produced on a massive scale worldwide and its production crosses the 150 million tonnes per year globally. In India approximately 8 Million tonnes plastic products are consumed every year (2008) which is

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    stated that plastics are polymers and are chemically unreactive because they are held together by stable single bonds‚ which also results in their chemical stability. The stability of plastics makes them resilient to breakage making them good replacements for fragile items such as glass. Some plastics are weakened and dissolved by organic non-solvents so not all plastics can be used for the same purposes. Plastics are moulded to different shapes with some being flexible like plastic bags and others

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    Biodegradable Plastic

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    Environment Australia Biodegradable Plastics – Developments and Environmental Impacts OCTOBER‚ 2002 Prepared in association with ExcelPlas Australia Ref: 3111-01 NOLAN-ITU Pty Ltd ACN 067 785 853 ABN 23 359 240 890 P.O. Box 393 Level 1‚ 625 High St‚ East Kew Victoria 3102 Telephone: (03) 9859 3344 Facsimile: (03) 9859 3411 NOLAN-ITU PTY LTD ACN 067 785 853 ABN 23 359 240 890 Melbourne PO Box 393 Level 1‚ 625 High Street East Kew VIC 3102 Tel: (03) 9859 3344 Fax: (03) 9859

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    Say 'No' to Plastic

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    SAY NO TO PLASTICS!! As quoted by Lord Byron‚ “There is a pleasure in the pathless woods‚ There is a rapture on the lonely shore‚ There is society‚ where none intrudes‚ By the deep sea‚ and music in its roar: I love not man the less‚ but Nature more.” The earth is the only known world to harbour life. There is nowhere else‚ at least in the near future‚ to which our species could migrate. For 200 years we have been conquering nature‚ now we are beating it to death. One of the

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