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Why we need to recycle plastics

Why we need to recycle the plastics.

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Plastics are so important that we can not live without it. It starts to be found in850 in English. More than 100 years, it is everywhere around us in the world. From the packages for foods and the daily necessities storage to the chemicals and drugs packing, we use it everywhere. It is the most accessible materials in our daily life. We notice the advantage of the plastics that with good isolation, and tough, cheap and good stability. Since it brings us such convenience, but it also cause much environmental problems.

 

  1. All kinds of plastics is hard to degradate naturally. It cause the solid wastes increase on the earth. Largely impact the big cities land usage also will poison the land.
  2. The ocean ecosystem will be impacted. If the plastics go to the ocean, it will make ocean animals take it as food by mistake and cause the poison and asphyxia,
  3. Burning the plastics will cause the atmosphere pollution.

 

We have to recycle the plastics by the resin identification code. Different plastics characteristics are different. And usually the waste recycling we collect those plastics together. It is a tough task for us to sort the plastics. Generally we have to sort plastics by manual and by intelligent machines. After that it will be crushed and then wash and then dry. After drying it can be pelletized for the next production,such as the HDPE bottles hot wash and pelletizing machine. The washed dry material can be directly used for production usage, like hot washed PET flakes to POY fiber.

 

Below is resin identification code for reference:

Symbol

Code

Description

Examples

Plastics (see resin identification code)
#1 PET(E) Polyethylene terephthalate Polyester fiberssoft drink bottlesfood containers (also see plastic bottles)
#2 PEHD or HDPE High-density polyethylene Plastic milk containersplastic bagsbottle capstrash cansoil cansplastic lumber, toolboxes, supplement containers
#3 PVC Polyvinyl chloride Window framesbottles for chemicalsflooringplumbing pipes
#4 PELD or LDPE Low-density polyethylene Plastic bagsZiploc bagsbucketssqueeze bottlesplastic tubeschopping boards
#5 PP Polypropylene Flower potsbumpers, car interior trim, industrial fibers, carry-out beverage cups, microwavable food containers, DVD keep cases
#6 PS Polystyrene Toysvideo cassettesashtrays, trunks, beverage/food coolers, beer cups, wine and champagne cups, carry-out food containersStyrofoam
#7 O (OTHER) All other plastics Polycarbonate (PC)polyamide (PA)styrene acrylonitrile (SAN)acrylic plastics/polyacrylonitrile (PAN)bioplastics
#ABS Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene Monitor/TV cases, coffee makers, cell phonescalculators, most computer plastic, Lego bricks, most FFF 3D printed parts that are not bioplastic such as PLA
#PA Polyamide Nylon like toothbrush bristles, socks, stockings, etc.

Post time: Jul-26-2021