Questions tagged [plastic]
A plastic material is any of a wide range of synthetic or semi-synthetic organic solids that are moldable. They are usually synthetic, most commonly derived from petrochemicals, but many are partially natural.
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Can I melt and reuse plastic for another product at home?
In my area, there is a lot of plastic and polyethylene waste which destroys our nature. Can I melt waste plastic for reuse purposes? This would be helping the environment because plastic can be ...
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New Markets for recycled HDPE oil container
I read that one of the most common uses for recycled HDPE from oil containers is making new oil containers or plastic lumber. However, recycling center processors are becoming less incentivized to ...
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Recyclable and non-recyclable plastic
How can I tell, from, it's chemical, formula, the difference, between a recyclable plastic and a non recyclable plastic?
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If I rip and scrutinize a frozen food box, and it doesn't seem to have any thin plastic coating, can I recycle it?
Here in Toronto, the city categorically says that frozen food packaging is non-recyclable, and should go in the garbage.
From what I've read, the problem with frozen food packaging is that it's "...
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Homescale designs for plastic incinerators?
I'm under the impression that it's better to burn the plastic and maybe get a bit of energy from it than disposing it somewhere only for it to deteriorate into many microplastic particles.
That said, ...
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What material is more biodegradable than plastic bristles for a toothbrush?
What sturdy fibres are more biodegradable than plastic bristles?
Assume the bacteria which eat the toothbrush bristles are a 95% or greater match in DNA comparison to bacteria which pre-date the year ...
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What kind of lenses used for eyewear doesn’t melt in the oven?
Hello and sorry for my silly question! I want to create a pair of sunglasses made of Fimo (polymer clay). I know, maybe no one did something like this, but I'm ambitious when it comes to nonsense. To ...
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Does banning plastic bags really help protect the environment? I always re-use them as rubbish bags anyway
According to Wikipedia, there has been a global trend of banning plastic bags. But does it really help protect the environment?
In the past, I always re-used plastic bags as rubbish bags so I seldom ...
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Can we do without plastic film without an explosive growth of food waste?
The big plastic says we need plastic films to make fresh produce last longer. It seems a bit of a stretch: after all, retailers can just buy less, just as much as they can sell. However, the demand is ...
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Why can't plastic be used as a building material for cities?
There are a lot of items that require a lot of material. But this material should not be expensive.
We can fill large items with recycled plastic. No complex processing technology is needed here, but ...
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Could microfiber shedding be slashed by using a proper detergent?
Is this a real thing or just greenwashing? This problem of microplastic seemed so huge it's hard to believe you could make such an enormous dent in it just using a right detergent
Offering consumers ...
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What are the cons of storing plastic waste
Sorry for a silly question, I'm sure it was asked many times in different forms but I wasn't able to find any concrete answer so here we go.
So, I'm trying to understand what is the 'best' way of ...
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Guidance for amateur recyclers
I'm interested in finding ways to decrease the fraction of my household waste that goes to landfill. One strategy for achieving this objective - in part if not in whole - is to change my purchasing ...
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How can I get rid of old agricultural plastic?
The previous owners of my land laid down AG plastic, which has deteriorated over the years. Unable to roll and every time I mow I cut into it and goes everywhere, including my neighbor's (it is on the ...
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How is "recovered ocean bound plastic" any different from recycled plastic?
I've started to see this phrase on things like credit cards and plastic bags: "contains recovered ocean-bound plastic."
At first, it sounds like something really positive -- this was made ...
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