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Plastic Skylar Baugher W11/25/10. Plastic Life Cycle 1. Cracking process 1. Cracking process 2. Ethylene and propylene are produced 2. Ethylene and propylene.

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1 Plastic Skylar Baugher W11/25/10

2 Plastic Life Cycle 1. Cracking process 1. Cracking process 2. Ethylene and propylene are produced 2. Ethylene and propylene are produced 3. Further processing 3. Further processing

3 Plastic Life Cycle 4. Chemically bonded 4. Chemically bonded 5. Yield plastics 5. Yield plastics 6. Wide range of plastics are produced 6. Wide range of plastics are produced

4 Thermoplastics Majority of plastics are thermoplastics Majority of plastics are thermoplastics Can be heated and reformed immediately Can be heated and reformed immediately Easy processing and facilitates recycling Easy processing and facilitates recycling Ex. Celluloid Ex. Celluloid

5 Thermosets Can not be remelted Can not be remelted Reheating causes decomposition Reheating causes decomposition Ex. Bakelite and poly phenol formaldehyde Ex. Bakelite and poly phenol formaldehyde

6 Characteristics of Plastic Can be very resistant to chemicals Can be very resistant to chemicals It’s both thermal and electrical insulators It’s both thermal and electrical insulators Light weight, varying degrees of strength Light weight, varying degrees of strength Processing produces fibers or intricate parts Processing produces fibers or intricate parts

7 Plastic Uses Shopping Shopping Packaging Packaging Light weighting Light weighting Plastics in home construction Plastics in home construction

8 Mechanical Recycling Curbside collection and private hauling company Curbside collection and private hauling company 1. Delivered to a material recovery factory 1. Delivered to a material recovery factory 2. Sorted into single resins streams 2. Sorted into single resins streams 3. The sorted plastics are baled 3. The sorted plastics are baled 4. Reclamation is the last step 4. Reclamation is the last step

9 Sources http://www.americanchemistry.com/s_pla stics/doc.asp?CID=1571&DID=5972#prod uction http://www.americanchemistry.com/s_pla stics/doc.asp?CID=1571&DID=5972#prod uction http://www.americanchemistry.com/s_pla stics/doc.asp?CID=1571&DID=5972#prod uction http://www.americanchemistry.com/s_pla stics/doc.asp?CID=1571&DID=5972#prod uction http://images.google.com/ http://images.google.com/ http://images.google.com/

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