INTRODUCTION:

What are plastics?

We talk about "plastic" as though it's a single material, but there are in fact many
different plastics. What they have in common is that they're plastic, which means
they are soft and easy to turn into many different forms during manufacture.
Plastics are mostly synthetic (human-made) materials, made from polymers, which
are long molecules built around chains of carbon atoms, typically with hydrogen,
oxygen, sulfur, and nitrogen filling in the spaces. You can think of a polymer as a
big molecule made by repeating a small bit called a monomer over and over again;
"poly" means many, so "polymer" is simply short for "many monomers." If you
think of how a long coal train is made from many trucks coupled together, that's
what polymers are like. The trucks are the monomers and the entire train, made
from lots of identical trucks, is the polymer. Where a coal train might have a
couple of dozen trucks, a polymer could be built from hundreds or even thousands
of monomers. In other words, polymers typically have very large and heavy
molecules.
In the early 20th century, plastics were quite a novelty,there were only a handful of
plastics and very few uses. Zoom the clock forward 100 years and it's hard to find
things that we don't use plastics for. Materials science means understanding the
properties of different materials so we can use them to best advantage in the world
around us. Given what we've just learned about the properties of plastics, it comes
as no surprise to find them helping us out in building construction, clothing,
packaging, transport, and in many other parts of everyday life.

In buildings, you'll find plastics in things like secondary glazing, roofs, heat

insulation and soundproofing, and even in the paints you slap on your walls. There
are plastics insulating your electrical cables and carrying water and waste-water in
and out of your home. Look around you now and you'll see plastics everywhere,
from picture frames and lamp shades to the clothes on your back and the shoes on
your feet. How do all these things get into your life? Up to a third of all the plastic
we use finds its way into the packaging we use to protect products and sometimes
even plastic products on the journey from factory to home.
 WEIGHT:
Bag 1

375.83g

In 1week, we have collected 1 bag of plastic included plastic bottles that we used
to make a product. Total weighing about 375.83g.
Innovations using used plastics

CANDLE HOLDER

 Use to hold candle

 Light, safe and easy to bring
anywhere

TOILETRIES CASE

 Use to keep toiletries in it

 Light and safe to use
 Easy to clean

CAT’S BOX MEAL

 To fill cat/dog food

 Light, safe and easy to use
 IS IT DISPOSABLE?

In general, plastic are not disposable but we can use it for a long period of time. Plastic
products are very common in our modern life. According to estimates, every year we
use roughly 1.6 million barrels of oil just for producing plastic water bottles. Plastic
waste is one of many types of wastes that take too long to decompose. Normally,
plastic items can take up to 1,000 years to decompose in landfills. Even plastic
bags that we use in our everyday life take around from 10 to 1,000 years to
decompose, and plastic bottles commonly can take 450 years or more. Even though
plastics take time to decompose, we can use it in a good way of recycling, reuse or
reduce it instead of burning them. At the same time, we also can make sure our earth
clean and safe from any air pollution, open burning and flash flood.

IS IT MADE FOR INDOOR OR OUTDOOR USAGE OR BOTH?

Some of our products are suitable to use for both indoor and outdoor. Only one of our
product can be use for indoor condition. The candle holder and the cat’s bos meal are
all suitable to be used for both indoor and outdoor but for the toiletries case, it is only
suitable to be used in bathroom.

HOW LONG THAT THE PRODUCT IS SUPPOSED TO LAST?

We estimate our product can be used for 2-3 years since it is made from plastic
bottles. As we said before, plastic bottles can take up to 450 years or more for it to
completely decomposed.
 REFERENCES

1. https://www.explainthatstuff.com/plastics.html
2. https://www.thebalancesmb.com/how-long-does-it-take-garbage-to-
decompose-2878033

3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plastic