6 dealing of waste

Activity1
1-Why is waste separated into different plastics always likely to be more valuable and more useful than waste which remains mixed? -Because they are easier to recycle them 2-Why are dark plastics separated from clear plastics-even thought they are made from the same material ? -By density plastic 3- ave a look at home at the plastics packaging materials in the kitchen or bathroom! "ook for the code number stamped on the bottom or inside of a container! #ake a table showing which plastics are used for which purposes! platics $%& $$ plastics used fi''y drinks bottles telephones for what purposes to take fluids electronic apparatus used to (all people electronic apparatus used to store files they are bags used to store Blood

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+-#ake a careful note of where two different plastics are used in the same item e!g for a lid and a container! Why are different types selected ? -Because each one has different function types

Activity2
1-&he density of polypropene is ,!-1 g.cm3! &he density of polystyrene is 1!,/ g.cm3! What density would a li0uid need to be to make sure that the polypropene floated and the polystyrene sank ? -$olypropene 1 ,!-1 g.cm3 -$olystyrene 1 1!,/ g.cm3 -water because it has d11 g.cm3! )o the polypropene floats and the polystyrene sinks 2-$%& has a density of 1!3/ g.cm3! What density would a li0uid need to be if it was to separate $%& from polystyrene ? -&he glycerin d11!2/ g.cm3 3-%ase of separation plastics materials is now being taken into account at the design stage! What recommendations about design rules would you rmake ? &hink about densities2 colour2 inks and labels! -it is necessary to use labels that separate is easly! 3t is necessary not mix plastic with different densities in the same ob4ect! We must use clear colors because they recycle easly

+-5ecycling makes a lot of tense2 but only if demand for recycled materials matches the supply! 3f demand is much less than the supply2 what will happen to66 - &he price of recycled materials go down -&he 0uantity of recycled stared material would accumulate! -&he cost of the process would increase -&he profitability of the process would be ruined /-3f there is a large difference between supply and demand2 the amount of waste being collected will have to be reduced! What effect might this have on public opinion and on the wisdom of recycling? -&he people would doubt on the interest that gives him to the recycling and would be disillusioned and the organi'ations of the recycling would lose the whole support!

Activity 3
1-)ummari'e these processes in a flow diagram! #ake sure that you distinguish between the different stages 2 and between the usefulness of the four end-products! -collection and scrting &reatment of the plastics waste e!g grinoing 7eedstock recycling into basic raw materials 8losed-loop recycling back to the original plastics or as peedstock for new petrocneminar -$yroeysis2 hydrogeration2 gasification2 and chemolysis!

2-What other factors do we need to take into account before we can know whether processes such as these are actually of benefit? &hink of the costs involved! - 3f you waste a lot of energy it is not benefict! - 3f there aren9t a lot of end-products2 it9s not benefict!