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Plastics & the Environment

Agenda• Plastics in our life• Plastics replace wood, glass, paper & metal• What is plastic?• Why Plastics?• Plastics & the Environment• Plastics & Health• 3 R Concept to manage plastic waste• Plastic is fantastic

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Plastics in our Life…..

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A Silent Life Saver…

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Plastics Going Beyond..

All modern day vehicles use more than 60% of Components made from plastic , to become more efficient & eco friendly

Healthy Packaging Always..

Many Plastic containers are now aseptically produced

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Plastics Replace….

Wood……..Paper……Glass………Metal……..

Plastics Replace Wood..

PLASTICS REPLACE GLASSPlastics Replace Glass..

Plastics Replace Paper..

PLASTICS REPLACE METALPlastics Replace Metal..

The word “plastic” is derived from the Greek word “πλαστικός” (plastikos) meaning capable of being shaped or molded

Plastics..

More Information

Distinct Characteristics of Plastics..

Attractive

Hygienic

Flexible

CheapLight Weight

Chemical ResistanceAttractive

Slippery

Tough

Thermal and Electrical Insulators

World Plastics Consumption Long Term 1960-2020..

Graph shows the rates of past and future plastics growth.

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Plastics & the Environment….

Plastics are Durable & Degrade Very Slowly…

Solutions..

• Bio Plastics• Oxo- Degradable

Plastics• Biodegradable

Plastics

Degradability of Commonly Used Products..

Glass takes 1Million yearsPlastic takes Hundreds or

Thousands of yearsCement does not degrade

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IF PLASTICS DEGRADE What Happen If Plastics Degrade Fast..

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Transportation50%

Deriv.Lubricants6%

Plastics4%

Chemicals2%

Power generation

11%

Heating Oils27%

Usage of Scarce Oil Resources

Plastics only use 4% of Scarce Oil Resources..

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Plastics & Health…

Burning plastic

Toxic additives

Human Carcinogens

Bisphenol A

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Safe To Use Plastics..

Below Plastic food packages do not contain BPA or phthalates. They are not known to leach any chemicals that are suspected of causing cancer or disrupting hormones. They are safe to use.Poly Ethylene Terephthalate (PET or PETE) Soft drink, water, sports drink, ketchup, and salad dressing bottles, and peanut butter, pickle, jelly and jam jars.

Low Density Poly Ethylene (LDPE) Some bread and frozen food bags, many re-sealable (Ziploc) bags, and squeezable bottles.

Poly Propylene (PP) Some ketchup bottles and yogurt and margarine tubs.

High Density Poly Ethylene (HDPE) Milk, water & juice bottles, yogurt & margarine tubs, cereal box liners & grocery, trash & retail bags

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Manage the Plastic Waste ………

Reduce“Activities to reduce the amount of material in products."

Reuse"Design for service" differs sharply from "design for disposal“.

Recycle“Recovering scrap or waste plastic and reprocessing the material into useful plastics”

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Reduce ….

Thin Wall Plastic Products

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Reuse ….

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Attractive Markets

Recycle ….

saves twice as much energy as burning it in an incinerator.

Recycling a single plastic bottle can conserve enough energy to light a 60W light bulb for up to 6 hours

Recycling 1 ton of plastic bottles save 1.5 ton of carbon as producing new bottles using oil

Recycling 1 ton of plastic saves 2 people’s energy use for 1 year as producing new plastic

The amount of water used by 1 person in 2 month’s time as producing new plastic using oil

What Recycling Saves for Us..

Uses 66 percent of the energy it would take to manufacture new glass

Only requiring 10 percent of the energy it takes to produce new plastic.

Energy used to recycle paper is close to 70% less than when paper is prepared using virgin wood and other raw material

Recycle Plastics/ Glass/ Paper..

Paper can not continually be

recycled-

statistics

shows it can

be recycle

d around 8 times

It wants a

15-year- old

tree to produce 700 paper

grocery bags

Making plastic grocery

bags takes 20 to

40 percent less

energy than

making the

same amoun

t of paper bags

Recycle Plastics/Paper..

If used right- Plastic can be one of our most sustainable materials

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PLASTIC IS

FANTASTIC

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