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The world of plastics, in numbers

Polyolefins are dominant for a few reasons. First, they can be produced using relatively inexpensive natural gas. Second, they’re the lightest synthetic polymers produced at large scale; their density is so low that they float. Third, polyolefins resist damage by water, air, grease, cleaning solvents – all things that these polymers could encounter when in use. Finally, they’re easy to shape into products, while robust enough that packaging made from them won’t deform in a delivery truck sitting in the sun all day.

By | 2018-08-10T04:56:30-04:00 August 11th, 2018|Environment, Natural Health, No SF, Resyndicated|Comments Off on The world of plastics, in numbers