Problem with Plastics

  • These properties make them super useful for toys, sports equipment, auto body parts and water bottles.
  • However, this also means that they do not decompose in the environment.

  • These properties make plastics fantastic to store food and chemicals in containers that won’t corrode or break when dropped.
  • However, this also means that they are more difficult to recycle than glass or metal objects.

  • Recyclability is based on how easily something can changed into something useful.
  • Glass and metals can be melted and easily reformed back into glass.
  • Paper and be shredded into pulp and reformed back into paper.
  • And while it seems that plastics should just be meltable back into plastics, that is not true for all types….

What’s next?

I’m lost😱

I need practice 🤔

Let’s move on👍