Their defining characteristic, plasticity, allows them to be molded, extruded, or pressed into a diverse range of solid forms. Plastic, polymeric material that has the capability of being molded or shaped, usually by the application of heat and pressure. Plastic is everywhere in daily life in the united states, from synthetic fabrics to toys to disposable utensils, straws and bags While plastic is cheap for the average consumer, its impacts cost americans $436 billion to $1.1 trillion per year—and that’s likely an underestimate, according to a new report from duke university scholars. Plastic pollution poses a threat to the marine environment It puts marine species at higher risk of ingesting plastic, suffocating, or becoming entangled in plastic pollution
Research indicates that more than 1,500 species in marine and terrestrial environments are known to ingest plastics. Plastic pollution has become one of the most pressing environmental issues, thanks to the overwhelming rise in production of disposable plastic products Plastic pollution is most visible in. Plastic is a word that originally meant “pliable and easily shaped.” it only recently became a name for a category of materials called polymers The word polymer means “of many parts,” and polymers are made of long chains of molecules
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