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IMPORTANT FACTS YOU NEVER KNEW ABOUT PLASTIC

Added on: 9th Nov 2016

 

PLASTIC2OIL IS A COMPANY THAT TURNS

PLASTIC BACK INTO OIL

Plastic2Oil is a company that turns plastic back into oil

 

 

STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THAT MANY PLASTICS RELEASE

CHEMICALS THAT RESEMBLE HORMONES

Studies have shown that many plastics release chemicals that resemble hormones

 

 

YOU COULD STACK LEGO BRICKS TO A HEIGHT OF

3.5 KM BEFORE THE BRICK ON THE BOTTOM FAILS

You could stack lego bricks to a height of 3.5 km before the brick on the bottom fails

 

 

THERE IS A HUGE PATCH OF DISPOSED PLASTIC

PARTICLES FLOATING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE

PACIFIC OCEAN. (IT CAN'T BE SEEN WITH THE

NAKED EYE THOUGH BECAUSE THE PARTICLES

ARE TOO SMALL)

There is a huge patch of disposed plastic particles floating in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. (it can't be seen with the naked eye though because the particles are too small)

 

 

IF YOU TIE A PLASTIC BAG AROUND LEAVES ON

A TREE YOU'LL GET ENOUGH WATER TO KEEP

YOU FROM BEING DEHYDRATED

If you tie a plastic bag around leaves on a tree you'll get enough water to keep you from being dehydrated

 

 

IN 1941, HENRY FORD MADE A CAR OUT OF HEMP

AND SOYBEAN PLASTIC THAT RAN ON ETHANOL

In 1941, Henry Ford made a car out of hemp and soybean plastic that ran on ethanol

 

 

ACCORDING TO THE EPA, RECYCLING ONE TON OF

PLASTIC CONSERVES 3.8 BARRELS OF CRUDE OIL

According to the EPA, recycling one ton of plastic conserves 3.8 barrels of crude oil

 

 

FERRITE BEADS ARE THE LITTLE PLASTIC THINGS

AT THE END OF DATA CABLES. THEY ARE USED

TO STOP INTERFERENCE FROM OTHER ELECTRONICS

Ferrite Beads are the little plastic things at the end of data cables. They are used to stop interference from other electronics.

 


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