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 Pollution Introduction The world population is living‚ working‚ vacationing‚ increasingly conglomerating along the coasts‚ and standing on the front row of the greatest‚ most unprecedented‚ plastic waste tide ever faced. Washed out on our coasts in obvious and clearly visible form‚ the plastic pollution spectacle blatantly unveiling on our beaches is only the prelude of the greater story that unfolded further away in the the world’s oceans‚ yet mostly originating from where we stand: the
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Plastic in Our Oceans 46‚000 pieces of plastic per square mile make up 90% of our ocean’s trash accumulation (Nichol‚ 2012‚ Plastics‚ like Diamonds‚ are forever‚ para. 1). Within the areas‚ many animals will either ingest‚ become entangled in‚ or even die due to the high plastic amounts. Nearly 267 species are harmed by plastic (Nichol‚ 2012‚ Fast Facts). With such deadly effects due to yearly accumulation‚ the banning of plastic bags and reduction of usage in a household will improve overall health
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years water has been sold in glass bottles. The modern day company Perrier started selling water in glass bottles in 1898. The first man made plastic wasn’t introduced until 1862 by Alexander Parkes who discovered Parkesine. This plastic had the ability to mold when cooled. It wasn’t until a cheap alternative way to bottle water was discovered with a new plastic‚ polyethylene. In the late 1960’s water began being produced and sold commercially in water bottles. Since then huge companies like Aquafina
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The Bottled Water Crisis The convenience of bottled water has turned into a massive problem for our planet’s ecosystems. Plastic water bottles are overflowing landfills‚ polluting our water sources‚ and ultimately altering the environment in which we live. One in five Americans drink bottled water even though bottled water is thousands of times more expensive than tap water! (All About Water) The booming business of bottled water has led to significant‚ damaging effects on our environment and
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paragraph I have chosen‚ An-mei has given up hope‚ and Rose is infuriated at failing to help him. The song I chose for the scene was “Time In A Bottle” by Jim Croce. In the paragraph it describes how rose will never forget that moment‚ “My mother had a look on her face that I’ll never forget. It was one of complete despair and horror‚ for losing Bing.” “Time In A Bottle” is about what you would do if you had time under your control‚ it is also about regrets and wishes that never come true. But I’m not talking
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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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Period 3A The Scourge of Plastic Plastic is used in so many of our worldly possessions. This resource is in our bottles‚ our televisions‚ even in our clothing‚ and makes up much of the things we use every day. “So what?” you may ask‚ “it’s just some material that we use a lot in our lives‚ why is that important?” The fact of the matter is that a lot of the plastic in many of the things we own are unsafe‚ toxic‚ and not fit for commercial use. Every company that makes plastic has their own closely-guarded
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11 Discussion 12 Conclusion 13 Bibliography 13 Appendices 13 Journal 16 Introduction A water bottle rocket is essentially that; a bottle modified in the image of a rocket then filled with a select amount of water that is pressurised and launched into the air due to the forces pushing the rocket upwards from the launcher. When the completed water bottle rocket is sitting on the launcher‚ the force of the surface of the launcher pushes the rocket up whilst gravity drags it
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Try to imagine‚ if one day‚ you can no longer find any plastic packaging‚ what would your life be? Say‚ when you bought a chunk of fresh meat‚ normally placed in a polythene plate with a layer of food wrap‚ the plastic packaging of which disappeared now‚ what could you do to take it away hygienically? Or when you bought some toilet cleaners‚ how could you bring it home in order not to harm your hands without a plastic bottle provided? Plastic packaging is everywhere that one can never avoid in our
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