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LOI-1 Types of plastic and its characteristic, The 7 types of plastic and…
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Types of plastic and its characteristic
Best Plastic:HDPE
Worst:PVC
The 7 types of plastic and its characteristics.
PET-This plastic is commonly used everywhere.Its lightweight,strong and transparent.Its mostly used for beverage bottles like coke,water, and more cold drinks.
HDPE-(Best)
HDPE-This plastic is also very common.This plastic is mostly used for milk cartons like amool cool packets or detergent packets.As it's very strong and compactable.It has three types.
-HIgh Density
-Low Density
-Linear Low Density
PP-
This is used to contain hot items.The items that are made from these plastics are straws,bottles, bottle caps and hot food containers.
PVC-This is for Like gas masks, Fluid bags, etc.But it is also used in important things like plumbing pipes, credit cards, and toys.But this spreads deadly toxic and burns buildings.
Worst plastic.
Other-As I said earlier this is a combination of plastics.We can make eyeglasses,baby bottles,electronics and DVDs.
LDPE
As I mentioned before,HDPE has three types which includes Low density polyethylene.Unlike HDPE which is hard and used for milk cartons, LDPE is soft and more clearer buts it very used by us and can be very flexible.Like bags for shopping,bags to carry stuff for picnic,plastic wrappers and garbage bags.
PS-
This is also a common plastic because of its cheap price. But this releases harmful toxic chemicals. These are for plastic cups, plastic cutlery, and plastic plates.
There are 7 type of plastic
PVC(Polyvinyl Chloride)
LDPE(Low-Density Polyethylene)
HDPE(High-Density Polyethylene)
PP(Polypropylene)
PET(Polyethylene Terephthalate)
PS(Polystyrene)
Other(These plastics are combinations.Like HDPE with PVC)