The phenomenal rise in the use of plastics is the result of their extraordinary versatility and low cost. They make a good match with the needs of our rapidly growing world population. But if 200 billion pounds of plastics are produced each year, that’s about 40 pounds a year for every person on the planet. What do we do with it all? Consumer products include eating utensils, toys, diaper backings, cameras, watches, sporting goods, personal-hygiene articles like combs and razor handles, and much more. In the United States over 10 billion pounds of plastic are turned into Plastics have become consumer products each year.
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The use of plastics has grown so remarkably because of the large number of applications that have are here to stay. been developed for them. Plastics have become an important part of modern life and are here to stay. They have, however, raised the question of reconciling convenient living with concern for ecology.
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