- Plastic - Wikipedia
Plastics are a wide range of synthetic or semisynthetic materials composed primarily of polymers Their defining characteristic, plasticity, allows them to be molded, extruded, or pressed into a diverse range of solid forms
- Plastic | Composition, History, Uses, Types, Facts | Britannica
plastic, polymeric material that has the capability of being molded or shaped, usually by the application of heat and pressure
- Plastic Pollution Will More than Double by 2040, Yielding a Garbage . . .
An estimated 280 million metric tons of plastic waste will enter the air, water, soil, and human bodies every year by 2040, data shows
- The World’s Plastic Problem Is Only Getting Worse - Bloomberg
Plastic pollution is already bad, and it’s only slated to get worse A lot worse A new analysis of the rising tide of plastic is the subject of today’s newsletter Plus, a widely-referenced
- About Plastic Products and Plastic Pollution | US EPA
Plastic products are prominent in the construction, transportation, and packaging industries Plastic innovations contributed to many life-saving products that revolutionized the health care industry
- History and Future of Plastics - Science History Institute
Plastic is a word that originally meant “pliable and easily shaped ” It only recently became a name for a category of materials called polymers The word polymer means “of many parts,” and polymers are made of long chains of molecules Polymers abound in nature
- Scientists Develop New Plastics That Break Down Safely Instead of . . .
Rutgers scientists have developed plastics that can be programmed to break down at specific rates by drawing on a natural principle Their approach could provide a meaningful new way to tackle the growing problem of plastic pollution Yuwei Gu was on a hike in Bear Mountain State Park in New York
- Plastic Pollution - California Ocean Protection Council
Plastic pollution harms wildlife and ecosystems, and may be harming our health Roughly 11 million metric tons of plastics are estimated to enter the global ocean each year, and California communities are estimated to spend more than $428 million annually to clean up and control plastic pollution
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