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21. Feb. 2024 · Plastic microfibers, meanwhile, have been found in municipal drinking water systems and drifting through the air. It's no surprise then that scientists have found microplastics in people.
Specifically, the amount of plastic produced and used contributes to climate change. This is because when heat is applied to this type of plastic, it releases greenhouse gases. In other words, when plastic remains in the ocean, the heat from the sun causes it to contribute to the rise in global temperatures.
28. Nov. 2007 · When plastic absorbs ultraviolet light, the UV energy excites the polymers’ chains, causing them to break. This causes the plastic to discolor, become brittle, and eventually crack. Elevated temperatures and oxygen tend to accelerate the deterioration. To prevent this times they add a colorant or pigment.
8. März 2023 · Getty Images. More than 171 trillion pieces of plastic are now estimated to be floating in the world's oceans, according to scientists. Plastic kills fish and sea animals and takes hundreds of ...
28. Okt. 2022 · By Editorial Team in GE Plastics — Oct 28, 2022. GE Plastics has a long and storied history with many accomplishments and successes to its name. The company being around since 1892, became one of the world’s largest plastics manufacturers. GE Plastics was constantly looking to improve its products and extend its reach into new markets.
26. Aug. 2022 · It is enormously challenging task, but legislation to prohibit plastic use can be effective. In 2022 France introduced a law banning plastic packaging for large numbers of fruits and vegetables, ending the overwrapping of carrots, apples and bananas, and pledging to gradually phase out all single-use plastics by 2040.
The first synthetic plastic – Bakelite – was produced in 1907, marking the beginning of the global plastics industry. However, rapid growth in global plastic production didn’t happen until the 1950s. Over the next 70 years, however, annual production of plastics has increased nearly 230-fold to 460 million tonnes in 2019.
