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What are Polymers?** - Coggle Diagram
What are Polymers?
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Products
Kitchen utensiles
Games consoles
Mobile phones
Sheds
Storage containers
Tupawear
Beakers
Laptops
Stationary
Garden furniture
Environment
Helped us keep streets cleaner (bins)
Plastic in the ocean
Damage to natural habitats
Injured wildlife
Plastic makes its way into humans
Some animals have upto 74% of their diet from polymers
Plastic breaks down into microplastics
Great pacific garbage patch
5 garbage patches exist
Alternatives
Wooden kitchen utensils
Bag for life instead of plastic bag
Metal straws
Bamboo straws
Reusable kitchen ware rather than disposable
Avoid buying products with lots of plastic packaging
Disposal
Some polymers can be recycled
Not everybody recycles
Some polymers cannot be recycled
Some polymers end up in landfill
Lots end up in the ocean, rivers and streams
Categories
Thermoforming polymers
Can be reheated and reshaped
Therefor can be recycled
Thermosetting polymers
Cannot be reheated and reshaped
Therefore cannot be recycled
Elastomers
Elastic properties