Plastic materials

1.PLASTIC MATERIALS

• Plastics consist of long chains of atoms which are mostly composed of carbon.
  
• Plastic can be classified into natural and synthetic plastic.
  
• The process of manufacturing plastic is called polymerisation
  
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• Plastic materials are resistant, insualting, ductile, malleable, impermeable and light.
• there are three type of plastic recycling processes: chemical and mechanical recycling and energy recovery.