plastics

Example Sentences

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At Flinders University in South Australia, several research teams are working on new materials designed to reduce pollution from single use plastics.

From Science Daily

One early party he planned—a Halloween rave at a defunct plastics plant that was a registered toxic-waste site—was shut down by the fire department after it deemed the place unsafe.

From The Wall Street Journal

Aromatic molecules are essential in modern industry, particularly in plastics manufacturing.

From Science Daily

The textile industry is the third-largest contributor to dry municipal solid waste in India - after plastics, and paper and cardboard - according to a recent report.

From BBC

But critics say the boutique waste hauler is not accomplishing anything environmentally useful and is selling the public a myth: that these plastics — multilayer plastic film, plastic bags, polystyrene — can be taken care of responsibly.

From Los Angeles Times