* PLASTIC POLLUTION | | 0.0 (0) | Written by rashmi October 06‚ 2010 Hits: 368 0 Cash Credits: 25.00 Editor: Deepti The pollution that is caused by organic polymer materials such as plastic on the environment thereby having harmful effect on human being is known as plastic pollution. Plastic mainly can be divided in two broader classifications namely. * Thermoplastics * Thermosetting plastics Both these varieties of plastics are not biodegradable that cannot
Premium Polymer Plastic
Conventional Oil Based Plastics Vs. Innovative Green Plastics The Twentieth century was filled with many inventions that have greatly influenced our world. The invention of plastic was one of the most dramatic of them all. Humans use plastics each and every day and just imagining a day without them is inconceivable. A material can be a plastic if it satisfies three conditions: its main ingredient must be a polymer material‚ it must be fluid at some point during processing‚ and it must be solid
Premium Plastic Renewable resource Petroleum
USING PHENOL AND FORMALDEHYDE. INDRODUCTION: WHAT IS BAKELITE? Bakelite or polyoxybenzylmethylenglycolanhydride is an early plastic. It is a thermosetting phenol formaldehyde resin‚ formed from an elimination reaction of phenol with formaldehyde. It was developed by Belgian-born chemist Leo Baekeland in New York in 1907. One of the first plastics made from synthetic components‚ Bakelite was used for its electrical non-conductivity and heat-resistant properties in electrical insulators
Premium Acetic acid Polymer Acid dissociation constant
CHAPTER 1. 1.INTRODUCTION OF PLASTICS IN AUTOMOBILE Although the rate of usage of plastics in motor cars and commercial vehicles is increasing year by year‚ the actual percentage of plastics found in an average car is between 15-20%. However it is realized by both automobile and the plastic industry that this is just the beginning and the amount of plastics used in vehicles will treble in the next five years‚ at the expense of steel and its alloys. In essence the reason for the spectacular
Premium Plastic Plastics Injection molding
What is plastic?? A material that contains one or more organic polymers of large molecular weight‚ solid in its finished state and at some state while manufacturing or processing into finished articles‚ can be shaped by its flow. Types of plastics 1.Thermosets. 2.Elastomers. 3.Thermoplastics. NATURAL RESINS solids or semi solid materials light yellow to darkbrown in colour carbon‚ hydrogen and oxygen. globules on the bark . SYNTHETIC RESINS derived primarily from petroleum
Premium Polymer Plastic Hydrogen chloride
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
Premium Recycling Bags Plastic shopping bag
The Effects of Plastic Bags on Environmentt * | * The effects of plastic bags on the environment are really quite devastating. While there are many objections to the banning of plastic bags based solely on their convenience‚ the damage to the environment needs to be controlled. * There is no way to strictly limit the effects of plastic bags on the environment because there is no disposal method that will really help eliminate the problem. While reusing them is the first step‚ most people
Premium Recycling Plastic recycling Plastic shopping bag
Outline the reasons why plastic pollution has become a problem. How can the problems be solved in the future? 5. Tutor Name: Claire Swanwick 6. Student ID Number: 200939477 7. Date of Submission: 30/11/2012 8. Word count:727 Plastic pollution It is evident that plastic pollution has become a serious problem .More and more people are concerned about how to solve this problem .Using plastic is very normal in human’s life .People use plastic everyday like plastic bottle‚ plastic bag. After people
Premium Plastic shopping bag Pollution Landfill
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
Premium Plastic shopping bag Plastic bag
Nowadays‚ the matter of the effect of plastic bags on living environment is becoming more and more serious. This problem seems to be rise with the growth of population‚ development of industry and causes many damages to our environment. This essay will investigate the following problem in two aspects: the first is plastic bags can be harmful with the wildlife by killing animals and non-biodegradable‚ the second is they may turn into a prime reason for pollution because of their prerequisites to produce
Premium Environmentalism United States Environmental Protection Agency Plastic shopping bag