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Some. types like Oxo-degradable, oxo-biodegradable, oxy-degradable, oxy-biodegradable, and degradable plastic(bags) are harmful.For they are merely plastic with a chemical additive.
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What are some things that plastic fillers would be used for?
Plastic fillers can be used for all sorts of reasons. Some main reasons for the use of plastic fillers is to create mass inside of a object. This can be used for projects such as art.
What is the purpose of using a green house plastic bag?
The purpose of using a green house plastic bag is to create a greenhouse effect for your plant. The plastic bag will keep your plant from freezing when it's too cold. It will reduce the amount of watering you have to do because it will keep the moisture inside while allowing light to come through.
If you use vinegar in your fabric softener dispenser will it damage the plastic?
if you use vinegar in your fabric softener, it will create a nuclear meltdown which may kill you. I do not recommend it. Please explain your answer. If 1 cup of vinegar is a safe, natural alternative to chemical fabric softeners, what do you mean it could create a nuclear meltdown and could kill me? Everything I have read (including among answers on this site) says that vinegar CAN be safely used as a fabric softener. I just want to know if a 5% acidity distilled vinegar could cause plastic to crack?
Uses of polymers?
They are used for bike and car tires, some types of plastics, pipe restorations, DNA blueprints in our bodies, and protein and starches in the foods we eat.
What are biopolymers?
You should use the biodegradable polymers in day to day life. The routine use of very thin plastic bags has created very real hazard in your life. The This plastic does not decompose and has been creating a serious hazard, specially in developing countries. Stray cows eat the plastic bags, which they can not digest. These plastic waste is washed to sea and sea animals have been dieing due to consumption of plastic material. You can not burn the plastic bags. They create the toxic fumes. So plastic has to be recycled. It is better to use the biodegradable material, which will be ecofriendly in long term.
What environmental problems does an old mobile phone create?
disposal
What is the environmental effects on international trade?
These are the main environmental effects of international trade:Create entry barriersSecurity problems create
Does paper with ink become a non bio-degradable material?
Paper is always bio-degradable. Ink may or may not 'break down' when exposed to the elements. Copiers and laser printers actually create 'plastic' images on the paper which takes longer time to break down.
Does the production process create any pollution or environmental problems when making match sticks?
no, it isn't realavant to the task anyway ! :)
Where are they banning plastic bags?
because it harms te nature one plastic bag to finish in many long periods so they are efects the enviurment and create many problems or many desies
What type of plastic is used to create plastic bags?
polysecrene
Is biodegradable plastic are costly?
Yes! The issue is distinguishing between all plastics that claim biodegradable. ASTM Defines biodegradable plastic as: a degradable plastic in which thedegradation results from the action of naturally-occurringmicroorganisms (microbes) such as bacteria, fungi, and algae. There are mainly 3 categories currently offered in the market today. 1)Commercially Compostable, 2) Oxo-degradable, 3) Biodegradable plastics. 1) Compostable plastics (generally PLA-plastic derived from corn) say they are biodegradable, but it takes 140 degrees of sustained heat to break down the plastic in order to make it biodegradable or consumable by microbes in the commercial compost facility. (*NOTE-PLA is NOT compostable in a home compost environment, and contaminates the recycle stream...) 2) Oxo-degradable plastics are created by adding salts and heavy metals into the regular plastic, to create oxidization (breaks down in presence of oxygen) which in turn will fragment the plastic into small pieces. (*NOTE-Oxo-degradable should be thought of as fragmentable plastic and not biodegradable as their has been no scientific data to prove microbial consumption, also an obvious contaminate to recycling) 3) Biodegradable plastic follows the ASTM definition as consumable by microbes in and of itself, without the need of any heat or other mechanical change necessary. These plastics are created by the addition of organic materials which are highly desirable for microbes to consume. Microbes emit enzymes to digest the additive, and in turn unlock the plastic carbon chain within the plastic molecule to be additional food. This process is continued until the whole plastic item is consumed. Any food item or other organic material is processed by nature in the identical fashion. The esnoplastics do NOT contaminate the recycle stream because the organic materials do not chemically bond or alter plastic)
What kind of shadow does a plastic bottle create?
A plastic bottle shape.
In Seattle in 1999 protestors against the World Trade Organization said Free trade is anything but free. Which sentence best explains what they meant?
WTO decisions create costly environmental problems.
Did Jimmy Carter create the environmental protection agency?
No, Nixon did.
Why did President Richard Nixon create the Environmental Protection Agency?
President Nixon responded to public pressure for environmental reforms.
What are some Macro-environmental opportunities and threats of companies?
Type your answer here... macro-environmental factorsWaterFoodShelterHeatWorkopportunitiesyou cannot create new water without great expenseyou can farm foodyou can build shelteryou can create heatyou can innovate and create new work opportunitiesthreatscompetition
