Plastics play an important role in waste management and can be more energy efficient than alternatives like glass. Plastic recycling turns old plastics into new useful products, reducing waste and energy usage compared to manufacturing new materials from raw resources. While plastics get a bad reputation, manufacturing and transporting many plastic products actually requires less energy than alternatives. Recycling plastics reuses materials and further improves the energy efficiency of plastics compared to other materials.
Plastics play an important role in waste management and can be more energy efficient than alternatives like glass. Plastic recycling turns old plastics into new useful products, reducing waste and energy usage compared to manufacturing new materials from raw resources. While plastics get a bad reputation, manufacturing and transporting many plastic products actually requires less energy than alternatives. Recycling plastics reuses materials and further improves the energy efficiency of plastics compared to other materials.
Plastics play an important role in waste management and can be more energy efficient than alternatives like glass. Plastic recycling turns old plastics into new useful products, reducing waste and energy usage compared to manufacturing new materials from raw resources. While plastics get a bad reputation, manufacturing and transporting many plastic products actually requires less energy than alternatives. Recycling plastics reuses materials and further improves the energy efficiency of plastics compared to other materials.
Technology – Status and Role in plastics waste management
Percentage of Plastics Used in Different Fields
Plastics Symbol for easy identification and sorting Things to think about • Plastics are not necessarily the waste and energy culprits that some people think they are. Plastics can be very energy efficient.
• It takes less energy to manufacture a plastic ketchup bottle than
a glass ketchup bottle. And since plastics are lightweight, it takes less energy to transport a truckload of plastic ketchup bottles than a truckload of glass ketchup bottles.
• Up to 40% less fuel is used to transport drinks in plastic bottles
compared to glass bottles Plastic recycling is a process in which old plastics is turned into another more useful products.