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Some things
become so familiar,
we cease to
notice them.
1
What exactly do we
know about
plastics?
3
Plastics in
everyday
life
4
10
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12
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What are
plastics?
15
Polycarbonat
Polyethylen
e
e Polystyrene
PE
AB
PMMA
PV S
Polypropylene
16
Oils/tars
16%
17
e=x
source: Plastics Europe / Gesellschaft fr umfassende Analysen
18
co x
2
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20
Plastics are
practical!
21
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25
What happens
to plastic
waste?
26
Prohibitive costs
Growing
shortage of
space
28
29
35 plastic bottles
1 jacket
30
Difficulty of
selective waste
collection
High energy costs
31
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photo : Solvay
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source: www.incineration.org
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source: www.incineration.org
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1
bag
60
W
10
min
36
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38
Heating oil
Coal
Plastics
Wood
Average
Paper
Metal
urban
waste
39
l AndFi l l
50 %
reCyCling
40 %
inCinerAtion
30 %
20 %
greeC
e
irelAnde
g
B
PortugAl
FinlAn
d
itAly
SPAi
n
FrAnC
e
gerMAn
y
Belgiu
M
norWA
y
SWede
n
denMAr
k
netHerlAnd
S
source: Plastics
Europe
AuStri
A
0%
SWitzerlAnd
10 %
40
100 %
100 %
90 %
90 %
90 %
80 %
80 %
80 %
70 %
70 %
70 %
60 %
60 %
60 %
50 %
50 %
50 %
40 %
40 %
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40 %