Plastics Project
- Created by: Ella
- Created on: 04-05-13 17:31
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- PLASTICS
- Biodegradable Plastics
- Better for the environment?
- Could encourage littering
- Better for the environment?
- Benefits of plastic recycling
- Cheap way to dispose of plastic
- Good thermal/insulation properties
- Resistance to chemicals, water and 'impact'
- Durability
- Lighter weight (reduces fuel consumption during transport)
- Better safety/hygiene
- Quite inexpensive to produce
- Is it harmful to burn plastics?
- When burning: plastic bag mixed with heat produces highly toxic chemical (dioxin)
- Can potentially release cancer-causing chemicals
- Great Pacific Garbage Patch
- Killing sea life
- Floating plastic debris
- Biodegradable Plastics
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