PPT-Recycling Agricultural Plastics Program

Best Management Practices Additional Notes Grit and gravel are the enemy stains and smears from feed or soil are fine Discard any significantly dirty plastic or dry and brush dirt and feed off. Plastics pe rsist in the environment for hundreds of years turning our streets and waterways into unsightly and unhygienic rubbish dum ps and endangering local wildlife Plastic in the envi ronment What are plastics Plastics we re first invented in 1 8 million tonnes Plastics material produced 25 million tonnes Processor sales turnover 131 billion Value of exports 46 billion People employed 186000 Over 3000 primary processors 7430 companies in the polymer industry Plastics industry turnover 19bn An alternative must be found.. . Plastic Alternatives. Alternatives. Carrier Bags:-. An alternative to using plastic bags would be to use reusable bags such as cloth bags which are durable, reusable and washable so they do not have to be thrown away and will not contribute to the build up of waste in land fill sites.. Best Management Practices. Additional Notes:. ¨ . Grit and gravel are the enemy; stains and smears from feed or soil are fine.. ¨ . Discard any significantly dirty plastic (or dry and brush dirt and feed off).. to . recycling . codes on . plastics. What Do Recycling Symbols on Plastics Mean. ?. Number 1 Plastics. Found . in: . Soft drink, water and beer bottles; mouthwash bottles; peanut butter containers; salad dressing and vegetable oil containers; . By miss buicke. OC58 . I. dentify . everyday applications of plastics, and understand that crude oil products are the raw material for their . production.. OC59 . R. elate . the properties of plastics to their . An . I. nsider’s Perspective. Tom Pecorini. December 16, 2014. Tom Pecorini. Fellow in Polymers Technology Division. PhD from Lehigh University. Started at Eastman in 1992. Involved in many plastics development projects for SP. Remembering what is . important. MARCH 2016. FOCUS AREAS. Introduction . People specific facts about the South African Plastics Industry. Our Employee Value Proposition. Industry Talent Attraction Initiatives. . - FROM LOCAL TO GLOBAL INFLUENCES -. Applied Market Information Ltd.. 45-47 Stokes Croft. Bristol, BS1 3QP, UK. Tel: 44 (0)117 9249442. Fax: 44 (0)117 9892128. Email: consult@amiplastics.com. Applied Market Information LLC. Phenomenon:. . experiment by pouring the gel. Have you ever seen anything that acts like this gel?. What is happening to the molecules to make it act this way?. Show the beads in the jar and how they will keep falling out after you start them.. Peter . Atanasov. , Daniel Femi- . Alemede. , Stefan.  . Loubry. , Lara Mayhew, Sophie Mowbray,  Kate Reddaway, Jonathan Teasdale, Phoebe Warren and Leo Wu. Circular Economy . Enablers and favorable system conditions. . 1.IntroductionAt the advent of the 21st century, mankind is facing global envi-in establishing recycling for the efficient utilization of our naturalresources. As a measure of the Japanese steel indu I. nsider’s Perspective. Tom Pecorini. December 16, 2014. Tom Pecorini. Fellow in Polymers Technology Division. PhD from Lehigh University. Started at Eastman in 1992. Involved in many plastics development projects for SP. plastikos. . meaning ‘fit for . moulding. Therefore, plastic can be defined as organic or inorganic substance whether natural or synthetic, that can be . moulded. to any desired shape, . The word polymer is derived from two Greek words .