Introduction Pollution can be defined as "The act or process of polluting or the state of being polluted‚ especially the contamination of soil‚ water‚ or the atmosphere by the discharge of harmful substances." As we become more technologically advanced‚ we produce materials that can withstand extreme temperatures‚ are durable and easy to use. Plastic bags‚ synthetics‚ plastic bottles‚ tin cans‚ and computer hardware- these are some of the things that make life easy for us. But what we forget
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found out they specialize in plastic injection molding and have been in business since 1978. At the beginning of the tour we were informed on the process the plastic goes through from the time it enters the factory in pellets to the time it leaves as a finished product. When we actually toured the factory it was difficult to hear our tour guide but I believe heard him say they add nylon to the plastic for certain molds to make it stronger. Seeing the molding process take place was pretty interesting
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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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Canada: Self Published‚ 2008. pg.14-16. This article talks about the size of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch that’s in the North Pacific Ocean. It also explains how 80% of the debris is plastic that floats for hundreds of miles until it’s caught up in a gyre. I would use this article to show how plastic ends up there and is broken down by sunlight and salt and ingested by fish and birds. Blomberg‚ Lindsey. By the Numbers‚ The Great Pacific Garbage Patch. NOAA Marine Debris Program. HYPERLINK
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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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Why are plastic bags bad for our environment? Now and days everywhere we go we have waste and a big part of it is plastic bags. Plastic bags are very bad for our environment we find them all over our oceans and on streets. The bags also end up hurting our animals mainly our sea creatures. In general plastics are bad over all they waste money and are bad to our environment. We already have a bad environment over all getting rid of plastic bags would be a good strep to take. We would be helping
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“Paper or plastic?” Perhaps one of the most commonly questions in the past‚ is now rarely heard by consumers. Four out of five grocery bags in the US are now plastic (Reusablebags.com). However‚ the answer should not be merely plastic‚ the real answer is neither. Plastic bags are very harmful for the environment‚ and paper bags even more so. The best alternative is a reusable bag‚ which can save thousands of plastic bags over its lifetime. Plastic bags are everywhere. We see them anywhere
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regulations and executive orders. Law has a huge role in both business and society. It has evolved from basic morality and society cannot exist properly without it. Law most often is aligned with customs and that which society has deemed to be right or wrong (Emerson‚ 2009). In business‚ companies would have a free- for- all without it. The result would be that no business would actually be achieved. Laws govern every aspect of business. They keep businesses running smoothly and keep them from hurting
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A plastic shopping bag‚ the most known used product discovered by man. Data released by the United States Environmental Protection Agency shows that somewhere between 500 billion and 1 trillion plastic bags are consumed worldwide each year (National Geographic News‚ 2006). As the number of usage increases‚ the rate of plastic pollution grows eventually to be an immeasurable environmental obstacle that is difficult to control. This essay will unfold the case of plastic bags to identify the outcomes
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Plastic Surgery Medical science has come a long way over the last few decades and one only needs to look at the state of plastic surgery to be convinced. Plastic surgery is not limited to correcting minor scars anymore but instead now it is also possible to change literally any aspect of physical appearance. The original intention of plastic surgery might have been to help victims of accidents or medical conditions that affect physical attributes‚ most of the procedures are now performed for
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