for product packages, but plastics lead the way in terms of the most frequently used packaging material by many industries globally. A large percentage of products in a supermarket shelf are packaged using plastics. The water people drink, the food they eat and the electronics they buy are contained in different forms of plastic material. However, the use of plastic packages is not a problem.…
so much litter. It was so easy for us as a community to just properly dispose of our trash, but we never did. All around school there were candy wrappers, biscuitville bags, plastic water bottles and other various items that never seemed to make their way into the trash cans. In my neighborhood there were cans, cups, and plastic bags. It felt like my home and community was being consumed by trash, so I decided to do something about it. I decided to voluntarily pick up trash around my school and…
Introduction: Plastic materials simplifies life for most humans. Plastic has amazing properties, for example it is durable, strong, flexible, lightweight, inexpensive, stainless , and insulates against heat and electricity. Plastic can be used to make almost any object, which is evident just by looking around. Trying to spend a day without touching anything plastic is almost impossible in a modern society. Plastic is present in things that are often very close to the user, as the mattress of the…
POLYMERS 1. Polyethenics ( Vinyl Resins) They are obtained by the polymerization of monomers containing the ethylenic bond (-C=C-) I. Polyethylene ( PE ) Polyethylene is one of the simplest and most inexpensive polymers. It is a waxy, chemical inert plastic. It a thermoplastic formed by the addition polymerization of ethylene. There are two types of polyethylene Low Density polyethylene (LDPE) By using free radical indicator, LDPE is obtained High Density polyethylene (HDPE) Using ionic…
as nuclear testing, pesticide and other chemical use/waste products, and the production of plastic goods in combination with American consumerism culture had serious environmental impacts. Post World War II, the production that once supported the war effort and helped pull America’s economy out of the depression was now shifting toward a more consumer-based market economy. From the 1950s on, there…
tarpaulin waste into bags. The bags are made out of tarpaulin, making it thicker than an average plastic bag and cannot tear apart easily like a paper bag would. Tarpaulin in nature are water resistant therefore the bags will not be affected by wet products and it will not melt when exposed in the rain unlike paper bags. If food was spilt in the bag it would be easier to clean it off or if the shoes put into it are muddy, cleaning the bag would not be a problem. The tarp bag is supposed to be…
hurting or even killing animals that you adore because wastes can be dangerous to them. PETA, an American animal rights organization, wrote an article about litter. In the article it showed pictures of dead whales, and because there were so much plastics in their body they didn't make it. The…
Colorado, a land of exploration, attraction and individuality. A place where you can both walk the active city and experience the beauty of the Rocky Mountains. Somewhere you can drive through the fascinating architecture of Metro Denver. Somewhere you can sit and observe the glistening bodies of water, the rushing rivers and still lakes. Somewhere you can wander up trails to discover the top of peaks to find yourself with unbelievable views. Somewhere you will experience and never forget…
filled with so much trash. Not only has the land become filled with trash, but the oceans and bodies of water around us have become more polluted with trash. What people do not understand is, it is not very hard to pick up a piece of paper, or a plastic bottle that is lying around them. Our country’s citizens have become too lazy to care about what our country looks like. These pieces of garbage are not only making our country’s environment look bad, but is putting a lot of animals, and marine…
that would be really hard to remember it. This is why I’m here to help you out, the first method I would prefer is having a notebook and a pencil so you can start writing the items that you are getting to you, the day that you start packing up your bags you will start crossing out the item that you found and have already been put in. The most common mistake that everyone gets through is that they start writing their items in the notebook at the last moment, which is kind of hard because you…