Plastics - Clean Up The World（塑料清理世界）.pdf

Plastics Plastics are the most common litter item found on Clean Up Australia Day. Plastics persist in the environment for hundreds of years, turning our streets and waterways into unsightly and unhygienic rubbish dumps and endangering local wildlife. Plastic in the environment What are plastics? Landfill space Plastics were first invented in 1860, Australians use more than 1.3 million Did you know? but have only been widely used in the tonnes of plastic every year. At last 30 years. They are light, durable, current rates of waste disposal, it is Australia produces more than mouldable, hygienic and economic, expected that NSW will reach its 1.3 million tonnes of plastic making them suitable for a wide variety present landfill capacity by 2010.5 every year - more than 1 of applications including food and 71 kg for every person. product packaging, car manufacturing, Greenhouse gases Plastics are made from oil, agriculture and housing products. When oil, gas and coal are used in gas and coal, which are the production process they emit limited natural resources. Plastics are made up of long chain dangerous greenhouse gases. molecu