Significance * Plastic bags are not renewable‚ which means they cannot be easily recycled like paper bags. They are made of petrochemicals‚ which is what makes them non-renewable and a risk to the health of the planet. They last for hundreds of years‚ all the while doing damage to natural habitats and killing animals that mistake them for food. The more plastic bags people use‚ the greater the chances of environmental damage. Effects * If not carefully disposed of‚ plastic bags can be devastating
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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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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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The Plastic Age is going strong. Plastic rules our lives and how! It’s durable‚ does not perish‚ and you don’t need to cut trees to make it. And despite being much frowned upon and debated‚ plastic has a strong presence in almost every nook of our lives. So deep is the plastic connection that we use the term to refer to anything fake — plastic smile‚ plastic snow‚ plastic surgery! Imagine‚ if the Titanic were made of plastic‚ it may never have sunk. So while we battle plastic bags choking our drains
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Problem Statement: There was a very economic king who gathered up all the gold in his land and put it into eight bags.He made sure that each bag weighed exactly the same amount. The king then chosed the eught people in his country whome he trusted the most‚and gave a bad og gold to eahc of them to keep safe for him.On special occasions he asked them to bring the bags back so he could look at them.(He liked looking at his‚even though he didnt like spending it.) One day the king heard from a foreign trader
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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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Special Report Plastic Additive: A Techno-Commercial Profile B.G. SAMPAT E-mail: bgsampat@bom3.vsnl.net.in INTRODUCTION Every activity in modern life is influenced by plastics and many depend entirely on plastic products. All these plastic products are made from the essential polymer mixed with a complex blend of materials known collectively as additives. Without additives‚ plastics would not work‚ but with them they can be made safer‚ cleaner‚ tougher and more colourful. Additives cost money
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Course: Paper or plastic Paper or Plastic? Can we answer the question? Why should we be worried about the kind of bag we use to carry our purchases? We have to make so many decisions when we are shopping that we should not have to be worried about how we will carry our things home. However‚ if you want to help the environment and our society to decrease the wasting of materials and pollutants‚ and as a consequence improve our quality of life‚ you should be concerned about the kind of bag you are using
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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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Use of Plastic bags Modern science has helped us in making our lives more comfortable and easy. It has given us everything and more than we wanted. Plastics are one of the greatest inventions of modern science. Plastics play a major role in our lives. The inventors of it little knew about it’s harmful consequences that we are facing now as they thought it to be a boon to mankind. Today they are a great threat to the environment. Everywhere around us we find plastic bags as a carrier of all kinds
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