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Where do plastics comes from?

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16y ago
Updated: 8/17/2019

Plastics are a sub-group of chemicals in a field of chemistry called Organic Chemistry. Organic Chemistry focuses on a base element called Carbon and the way it is able to join with other chemical elements by bonding. They(Plastics) usually are referred to as Polymers and are often produced from bye-product or left over of fuel refining. It is also possible to create Plastic from cellulose,pullped from a component of the microscopic cell walls of plants(e.g. trees).

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