Dimas Ajie Prasetyo M. Azkia Rifqi A. Talitha Zada Gofara Yohanes Pandu W. DTK FTUI 2019

1. Polymers in Our Daily Life
Dimas Prasetyo Ajie – M. Azkia Rifqi A. – Talitha Zada Gofara – Yohanes Pandu
Chemical Engineering Department Universitas Indonesia

2. Polymer?
poly⸱mer
: (a) many part
(b) composed of many
monomers/repeated subunits
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Natural Semi-synthetic Synthetic

3. How do we make polymers?
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4. Application
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Source: plasticsinsight.com, 2019

5. 5
We produce 300 million tonnes
of plastic waste every year!

6. 6 Source: UN Environment, 2019
Indonesia wastes
10,660,505 kg per day &
81% is mismanaged!

7. plastic in the ocean
>450 years
for how long plastic is degraded
>700 species
threatened by plastic
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150 million MT

8. 8
cancer, nervous
disorder, pneumonia,
etc
air pollution
damage soil
flood

9. What are the solutions?
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Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Aspergillus tubingiensis
can break down plastic!
Bioplastic that is more
biodegradable!

10. 10
A project in Netherland
called PlasticRoad
constructs road from
100% recycled plastic
Do you know?