A recent study has shown that humans have ingested
plastics in the form of microplastics.
In line with the state government's intention to ban single-use
plastics and
plastic straws, Phee said they will need to look at how to reduce the reliance on single-use
plastic shopping bags.
This year's Earth Day was dedicated to ending global
plastic pollution.
The state of Oregon has reported that the recycling rate for rigid
plastic containers in the state declined in 2005 to 24.3 percent.
Fortunately, innovative
plastics are currently available as alternatives to those that are facing regulatory restrictions.
So the issue is one of lowering the CTE for
plastics. And Buckmaster says that they're working on two different materials for body panels that have reduced CTE.
But if there's a place that manufactures it somewhere near you, that business likely will accept it, says John Gogol, president of PC
Plastics in Oregon.
The American
Plastics Council respectfully requests that EHP address the misinformation that appeared in these articles and which is available on the EHP website.
There are other problems with
plastic. When certain
plastics deteriorate, they release chemicals that may act as endocrine disruptors and interfere with normal hormone functioning in animals and humans.
Improved screw designs for wire and cable extrusion have typically come from extruder equipment manufacturers or polymer compound suppliers, whose main focus has been on pelletized
plastics. Over the past 35 years, a variety of screw designs for
plastics extrusion have been developed and marketed, typically centered around the classic metering-type geometry with a deep feed section, tapered transition section and shallow metering section.
For the last century, technology has blossomed in an age of
plastics. We drive cars with
plastic parts, we wear eyeglasses with
plastic lenses, and we sip mineral water from
plastic bottles.
In fact, since today's
plastics are lighter in weight than ever before, they take up even less space in landfills than they used to.