Plastic recycling is an important term. Because the world became afraid on the amount of plastic waste.Plastic is a non-biodegradable material. So the decomposition of plastic materials is needed large efforts. The ordinary way likes dumping, burning cause the pollution.

1. PLASTICS
RECYCLING
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2. OBJECTIVE
To determine if why it is important to recycle plastics made from synthetic polymers
• Statistics
• Advantages
• Disadvantages
• Impact on environment

3. WHY RECYCLE
• Question arises about what to do with plastic waste
• Waste accumulation has been a problem throughout history
• Growth in technology requires new materials
• Most consumer waste end up in landfill

4. DEFINITION
Plastics are commercial materials made from synthetic polymers
2 types of polymers
1. Thermoplastic polymers
Structured linearly, Heat softened
2. Thermoset polymers
Formed with irreversible cross-linkages of covalent bonds, not heat
softened

5. PLASTIC PER SECTOR

6. TYPES OF PLASTIC RESINS
• Co-Polyesters
To make toys, medical devices, appliances parts, oral care products, and
housewares.
• Polyethylene Terephthalate (PETE)
To make soft drink bottles, waste containers, vegetable oil containers.
• High-Density Polyethylene (HDPE)
To make pharmaceutical bottles, milk jugs, butter tubs…
• Low-Density Polyethylene (LDPE )
To make caps, trash bags, shrink-wraps, netting…

7. TYPES CONT’D
• Vinyl/Polyvinyl Chloride (V/PVC)
To make beauty bottles, vegetable oil bottles, food wraps…
• Polypropylene
To make butter tubs , bottle tops, carpets and food wraps

8. RECYCLING PROCESS
1. Sort and clean different plastic groups
2. Melt plastic into bales
3. Break bales up and grind into small flakes
4. Wash, rinse and dry flakes in hot air
5. Color maybe added or maybe run through a pelletizer

9. ADVANTAGES OF RECYCLING
Waste reduction
Conservation of energy
Save money
Create new jobs
Generate revenues

10. DISADVANTAGES
Recyclable materials might be in contact with radioactive materials
The chemical bonds (toughness)
Impossible to recycle at 100%

11. GROWTH IN PLASTIC RECYCLING
Plastic bottle recycling increased since 1990

12. GROWTH IN PLASTIC RECYCLING
• Manufacturers and consumers do value plastics for their low cost, versatility and
performance benefits.
• Consumer demand safety and convenience
• Prefer to buy products in plastic
• light weight and shatter resistant

13. CONCLUSIONS
Recycling
• Save money
• Use less raw materials
• No landfills- plastics take about 20 to 30 years to decompose