Question

Using your new knowledge about commodity plastics, identify THREE items in your class room, workplace or home that are made out of a commodity plastic (PE, PP, PVC, or PS). Tell me which plastic you think it is and how you identified the plastic. If you misidentify the plastic but had a logical reason for your choice, that is fine.

No duplicates allowed

Answer 1

Generally plastics are recyclable and non recyclable. Always; recyclable is good.

Thermo setting plastics and thermo plastics are another two categories of plastics. The shape of plastic can be reshaped or modified number of times by applying heat energy. By heating and cooling its shape can be modified- which is called thermo plastic. While thermo setting plastic’s shape cannot be modified under heat treatment. Examples of thermoplastics include polythene (PE), polypropylene (PP), polyvinyl chloride (PVC),polystyrene (PS), nylons.