Jos Orlando Crcamo

Rafael Ernesto Lima

Fernando Santiago
Serrano
Julio Ernesto Linares
Kevin Pacheco

 Whats plastic?
Plastic is a material consisting of any of a
wide range of synthetic or semi-synthetic
organics that are malleable and can be
molded into solid objects of diverse
shapes.

Some
Common
Examples

 Good facts about plastic:

Relatively low cost,

ease of manufacture,
versatility, and
imperviousness to
water, plastics are
used in an enormous
and expanding range
of products, from
paper clips to
spaceships.

 Plastic VS

iPhone 5C

iPhone 5

Plastic VS

Corroded copper pipe

PVC pipe

 Environmental effects

In 1975 a team of
Japanese scientists
studying ponds
containing waste water
from a nylon factory,
discovered a strain of
Flavobacterium that
digested certain
byproducts of nylon 6
manufacture

 Plastic pollution
Plastic waste at Coco
Beach in India.

 Bad facts about plastic:

Ingestio
n
Entangleme
nt

 Reduction efforts

Incineratio
n

Biodegradable
and degradable
plastics

Thank you for your

attention!