Plastics

many types of pollution, for example, plastic debris, noise, and acid rain. Some of the ways to stop polluting are reduce, reuse, and recycle, being thoughtful of wildlife and others, and carpooling. Plastic debris being the biggest threat because how much damage it can cause. “Plastic debris in the marine environment has been identified by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) as a critical emerging global environmental issue”(provencher 1). So, plastic debris that people throw out…

Introduction 2. About plastic 3. 7 Types of plastic 4. Plastic in the environment 5. Bioplastic and Biogradable plastics 6. Conclusion 7. Bibliography 1. From food containers to cars and from toys to technology, everything can be made out of plastic. Plastics are carbon based polymers (polymers mean something of many parts) mostly made from petroleum. There are approximately 100 million tons of plastic produced every year. Some people believed that we have entered the age of…

How Plastic is Affecting Sea Animals “But while there are infinite reasons to love and respect the ocean, it can sometimes feel like the human race is doing everything in its power to harm it.” ~Landess Kearns (qtd. in “11 Quotes About The Ocean That Remind Us To Protect It”) The Ocean has turned into a giant garbage can full of trash, plastic, and waste. It affects seabirds, sea turtles, and even whales by hurting or even killing them. One animal species that is directly affected by this…

Plastic is a highly-used consumer product that has become increasingly detrimental to the environment, specifically Earth’s oceans and freshwater ecosystems. Plastic products that are not properly recycled can end up in landfills; as plastics sit in a landfill they become compressed amongst other layers of garbage, when rainwater flows through the landfill, the water absorbs the water-soluble compounds in the layers of plastic, some ow which are highly toxic, creating a harmful strew called…

habitat, and pollution come to mind. However, until recently plastic, an emerging contaminant has gone unnoticed. Therefore, today scientists are still learning about the input and impacts of plastic into the ocean environment (Barnes, 2009). Plastics are found everywhere in the forms of milk jugs, candy wrappers, grocery bags, bottle caps, and drinking straws just to name a few. Humans on average generate…

people’s use of plastic products; use of disposable plastic products. I think people should recycle more and use less plastic. After watching Bag it, I realized that the plastics are doing more harm to us. The animals mistakenly eat plastics so then when we eat the animals, we end up eating some of the chemicals. The chemicals in the plastics are not good for our body. Animals get caught in plastics and they have a hard time distinguishing between their predators and the plastics. 2. What can…

Veejay Plastic is a plastic injection molding company specializing in creating high quality, application specific plastic products and components for various industrial segments. At Veejay Plastic, we use a variety of industrial grade plastics including FDA approved, military grade, and lightweight plastics for aerospace and satellite applications. Our knowledge of plastic materials and advanced injection molding techniques allow us to take up any complex injection molding project. Types of…

Up until World War I, plastic surgery was mainly used for non-important cosmetic procedures, primarily breast implants. However, at the beginning of World War I, the skin graft was discovered and used to treat soldiers in need of cosmetic restructuring. Yet, despite this amazing discovery, plastics was still not being considered a serious medical field both by the American people and the government until 1937, when the American Board of Plastic Surgery was founded, just 2 years before…

dentist would be that I am open to helping others, I prefer to build people up, and I help boost their self- confidence. Another career that aides self-confidence is a plastic surgeon. Plastic surgeons help people who are unhappy with their appearance, no matter what caused them to be unhappy. Two qualities that would make me a great plastic surgeon is that I am…

When plastics bags become litter, they pollute oceans, rivers, farmlands, cities, and neighborhoods"(Shirley). Creating a ban on plastic bags would create an exceptional city. The government should impose a bag tax because reusable bags are the best choice for the environment, more convenient, and improves customers' responsibility. Reusable bags are why a bag tax is important because they create a cleaner environment. People don't care about cheap plastic bags and so they end up as litter.…