Protect the Environment: Recycle Plastic
Global warming and the depletion of our planet’s natural resources have been two of the most serious problems we have at this period in time. Oil for example takes billions of years to replenish. Wood is a bit more abundant because trees cut down can be replanted.
On the other hand, when we talk of plastics, a lot of concerns have been raised in the past. Why? This is because plastic is basically non-biodegradable, a substance that does not decay. The only solution to making use of old or used plastic materials is to recycle them.
In this regard, let me introduce you to the concept of HDPE, a substance invented by Paul Hogan and Robert Banks of Phillips Petroleum in 1951, HDPE is quite a remarkable substance. When first invented, it was branded with the name ‘Marlex’, and it shot to fame in the form of the hula hoop craze of the 1950’s. The Hula Hoop is still remembered, but the name ‘Marlex’ has long fallen by the wayside, and the substance invented by Paul Hogan and Robert Banks now goes by the much less glamorous moniker of ‘HDPE’. Nowadays HDPE is used in a wide range of applications, from milk bottles, to children’s toys, and from the laboratory to the back garden, HDPE products are a part of most modern people’s lives. This is an examination of some of the physical and chemical properties of HDPE, which may be of interest to manufacturers, recyclers, and chemists alike.
HDPE can take many forms like HDPE film, pellets and granules. It’s a recyclable material that can help nature take a breather from producing the compounds needed to produce plastic. Let’s do our share to help nature - recycle, reuse and reduce.
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Tags: Business, environmental protection, personal, plastic, recycle, reduce, reuse
In shops in the UK they put as much in each plastic bag as they can, in the US in places like Wal-Mart they often put only one or two items in each bag - it’s such a waste.
It is possible to have biodegradable plastic - I can’t remember where I saw them but in one shop on my travels they had something written on the plastic bags that said if they were buried they would biodegrade quite quickly - 6 months I think
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jessie reply on April 11, 2008:
Oh, that is so cool. I’ll try to research on that when I have time then I’ll write on this topic again. Thanks for stopping by.
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Great post!
We recycle every week: plastic, paper & cardboard, and glass.
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jessie reply on April 16, 2008:
Thanks for the info and thanks for dropping by.
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