May malambot, may matigas

May nakabaon, may nakalabas

Ginagamit mo ng madalas.

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How to transform a Plastic Fork

into a Metal One

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PLASTIC
and ECOBRICKS
“from Pollution to Solution”

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What is Plastic?

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 What is Plastic?
Plastic is any synthetic or semisynthetic organic
polymer.
chains of molecules linked together

• Many plastics begin with “poly” such as polyethylene, polystyrene ,

etc.

• Mostly made of Carbon and Hydrogen

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 What is Plastic?
The name refer to the word “plasticity”, the
capability to be bend

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 What is Plastic?

Plastics don't biodegrade,

they photodegrade.
means that plastics left for years in fields or
water will slowly break into smaller pieces.

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 What is Plastic?
Plastics are made from
petro-chemicals.

• These chemicals don’t fit back into the ecologies around us.

• Scientific studies show that these chemicals are toxic to humans.

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When do we use Plastic?

Why Plastic?

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 Light
 Easily Shaped
 Strong
 Inexpensive

There is a plastic suitable for almost

any application.

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Where does our plastic go?

We throw them away!

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 Where is ‘Away’ Anyway?

Where do the things that we throw ‘away’ go?

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 The lower the grade, the less the
value. The less the value, the
less likely it is to be recycled
again.

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So what can we do?

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UNLESS someone like you,
Cares a whole awful lot,
Nothing is going to get better.
It’s not!
-Dr. Seus

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