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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
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 generally versatile, durable and lightweight 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
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 Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster The meaning of PLASTIC is a plastic substance; specifically : any of numerous organic synthetic or processed materials that are mostly thermoplastic or thermosetting polymers of high molecular weight and that can be made into objects, films, or filaments
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
How Plastics Work - HowStuffWorks In this article, we'll examine the chemistry of plastic, how it's made, how it's used, and how it's disposed of and recycled We'll also look at some new biologically based plastics and their role in the future of plastic
Breaking the Plastic Wave 2025 | The Pew Charitable Trusts Preface In 2020, The Pew Charitable Trusts and Systemiq published a groundbreaking report, “Breaking the Plastic Wave,” amid significant data gaps on plastic pollution, substantial debate over the scale of the plastic pollution problem and various proposals to meet the challenge With that report, Pew and our partners sought to move the global discourse forward by identifying a credible