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What are the Plastics?


                               

                               What are the Plastics?


      Hardly there is any day we spend without the use of plastic, this much is the significance of plastic is in our life. Anyone who brushes his teeth cannot deny this fact. Not many people know it, but plastics are extracted from crude oil.

    Development, Infrastructure goes hand in hand with plastic. It has proved to be equally fatal and hazardous for the environment and nature. Therefore, It is now most important to replace the usage of plastics with some other material for the future well-being of a human.

     

    On the basis of the source of plastic, there are two types of plastics.


  1. Synthetic Plastic, which can be obtained from crude oil, natural gas and coal.
  2. Bioplastics, which are made up of starch, carbohydrates, recycled food waste, woodchips, renewable biomass sources.

There are seven types of plastics:

  1. PET (polyethene terephthalate) - Polyester -  Most cooldrink and water bottles.
  2. HDPE (high-density polyethylene) - Less squeezable
  3. PVC (Polyvinyl chloride)
  4. LDPE (low-density polyethylene) - More squeezable
  5. PP (Polypropylene)
  6. PS( Polystyrene)
  7. Others - Polycarbonates, nylon, fibreglass etc.


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