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Where does plastic come from?

donnashuggy — Wed, 25 Dec 2013 09:27:20 GMT

Any ideas?

Re: Where does plastic come from?

**meep** — Wed, 25 Dec 2013 09:29:21 GMT

a laboratory?

Re: Where does plastic come from?

spotweldersfriend — Wed, 25 Dec 2013 09:29:31 GMT

China,mostly 🙂

Re: Where does plastic come from?

imastawka — Wed, 25 Dec 2013 09:31:07 GMT

Composition

Most plastics contain organic polymers. The vast majority of these polymers are based on chains of carbon atoms alone or with oxygen, sulfur, or nitrogen as well. The backbone is that part of the chain on the main "path" linking a large number of repeat units together. To customize the properties of a plastic, different molecular groups "hang" from the backbone (usually they are "hung" as part of the monomers before the monomers are linked together to form the polymer chain). The structure of these "side chains" influence the properties of the polymer. This fine tuning of the properties of the polymer by repeating unit's molecular structure has allowed plastics to become an indispensable part of the twenty-first century world.

Have now opened flood-gates!

Re: Where does plastic come from?

kopenhagen5 — Wed, 25 Dec 2013 09:32:26 GMT

Also known as polymers.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polymer

Re: Where does plastic come from?

kennedia_nigricans — Wed, 25 Dec 2013 09:32:27 GMT

it's made fom crude oil.

Re: Where does plastic come from?

imastawka — Wed, 25 Dec 2013 09:36:10 GMT

@kennedia_nigricans wrote:
it's made fom crude oil.

Then it should be taught manners

Re: Where does plastic come from?

kopenhagen5 — Wed, 25 Dec 2013 10:29:46 GMT

I see someone has the christmas humour. Thumbs up to ya.

Re: Where does plastic come from?

donnashuggy — Thu, 26 Dec 2013 00:04:40 GMT

Lots of things come from China however I thought it was made from petrol.

Re: Where does plastic come from?

cherry*135 — Thu, 26 Dec 2013 00:13:36 GMT

Petro chemicals or bio based polymer.

Re: Where does plastic come from?

nevillesdaughter — Thu, 26 Dec 2013 00:18:24 GMT

@donnashuggy wrote:
Any ideas?

I'm more concerned with where it goes....

Marina.

Re: Where does plastic come from?

siggie-reported-by-alarmists — Thu, 26 Dec 2013 00:30:55 GMT

Your store......so I have heard...........lol.

Re: Where does plastic come from?

polksaladallie — Thu, 26 Dec 2013 00:48:12 GMT

Those of us who have lived in a world before plastic (and all its relatives) was invented will tell you that life was very difficult. I don't care where it comes from.

Re: Where does plastic come from?

i-need-a-martini — Thu, 26 Dec 2013 00:52:00 GMT

You must be old polks cause plstic has been commercially available since the 20's.

Re: Where does plastic come from?

polksaladallie — Thu, 26 Dec 2013 00:59:18 GMT

@i-need-a-martini wrote:
You must be old polks cause plstic has been commercially available since the 20's.

Nooooooooo, not that old. I did not know that. In what form did it take? Nothing around when I was growing up.

Re: Where does plastic come from?

spotweldersfriend — Thu, 26 Dec 2013 01:05:50 GMT

Bakelite-1907. I tried to whip up a batch in the lab and got in trouble.Or was it the nitroglycerin?Bwahahaha.

Re: Where does plastic come from?

polksaladallie — Thu, 26 Dec 2013 01:12:27 GMT

@i-need-a-martini wrote:
You must be old polks cause plstic has been commercially available since the 20's.

Well, my memory is recovering. We had laminex, plastic handles on cupboards, a few other things, but not much.

Re: Where does plastic come from?

nevillesdaughter — Thu, 26 Dec 2013 01:14:12 GMT

@polksaladallie wrote:
@i-need-a-martini wrote:
You must be old polks cause plstic has been commercially available since the 20's.
Nooooooooo, not that old. I did not know that. In what form did it take? Nothing around when I was growing up.
This gives a really good run down on the whole history http://inventors.about.com/od/pstartinventions/a/plastics.htm

Cheers,

Marina.

Re: Where does plastic come from?

lakeland27 — Thu, 26 Dec 2013 01:14:24 GMT

Re: Where does plastic come from?

cherry*135 — Thu, 26 Dec 2013 01:19:21 GMT

Mass production of plastic began in the 1940's.

2009 - The amount of plastic manufactured in the first ten years of this century will approach the total produced in the entire last century.