Plastics basics

Plastics basics

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Plastics basics

Consumer goods with a useful life of less than three years that include newspapers, paper towels, plastic cups and plates, disposable diapers, clothing, footwear and other items. (Characterization of ...

office of science technology policy (OSTP)

Plastics; Plastics basics

Established within the Executive Office of the President, OSTP "serves as a source of scientific, engineering, and technological analysis and judgment for the president with respect to major ...

packaging efficiency

Plastics; Plastics basics

A quantification of the efficiency by which competing packaging materials deliver product to market. It is derived by comparing the volume of product delivered per pound of packaging. It is one way ...

pelletizing

Plastics; Plastics basics

A process for producing a uniform particle size of virgin or recycled plastic resins. Molten polymer from an extruder is forced through a die to form multiple strands of resin (similar to the ...

phthalate ester (o-phthalic ester)

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Any of a large class of plasticizers produced byt he direct action of alcohols on phthalic anhydride. The phthalates are the most widely used of all plasticizers and are generally characterized by ...

plastic

Plastics; Plastics basics

(1) One of many high-polymeric substances, including both natural and synthetic products, but excluding the rubbers. At some stage in its manufacture, every plastic is capable of flowing, under heat ...

plastic bottle

Plastics; Plastics basics

A rigid container that is designed with a neck that is narrower than the body, normally used to hold liquids and emptied by pouring. (How To Develop a Viable post-consumer plastic Handling Business, ...