Living in the Plastic

Society

Presented By: Shehroz Fiaz

Scope of this presentation
 The purpose of this presentation is provide an overview
of the sheer dominance of plastics in our world and
there impact on our lives
Points of Discussion

Dawn of the Plastic Age

Applications of Plastic
Advantages of a Plastic World
Drawbacks of Plastics
 Dawn of Plastic World
First Plastic Synthesis
Moplen Explosion
Techno polymers
First Synthetic Plastic
 Parkesine in 1856
 Alexander Parkes
 Nitrocellulose
 Made by adding cellulose to
nitric acid and treating the
product with alcohol
Moplen Era
 Nobel Laureate, Giulio Natta
 Polypropylene
Techno polymers
 Engineering Plastic
 Better thermal and chemical resistance than PVC,
Polypropylene etc.
 Polycarbonates, polyamides (nylon), Bakelite
Applications
Packaging
Electronics
Transport
Medicine
Advantages of Plastic
Cheap
 Easy to synthesize with common raw materials
 Much cheaper than the naturally occurring substances like wood
and marble.
 Easier to produce than substances like glass
Durable
 Resistant to heat and fire
 Inert towards chemicals like acids and alkalis
 High tensile strength and elasticity
Lightweight

 Lighter than most natural substances like wood or

granite
 Cheaper to transport
Versatile
 Can take any shape or form
 Highly elastic
 Can be made to have different textures
Recyclable
 Can be used again and again with low cost procedures
 Helps in lowering the load on raw materials
Disadvantages
Plastic Pollution

 Only real drawback of plastics

 One of the biggest contributors to environmental
pollution
 Are responsible for destruction of many ecosystems
How plastics hurt the environment
They are everywhere!
 They are found from Sahara
desert to Amazon forest to
Mount Everest to South pole
 Recently discovered at
Mariana trench bottom
 They disturb natural
equilibrium of every natural
habitat
 Some take forever to
degrade
Microplastics
 Very small particles
 Mostly found in oceans
 Become part of animals bodies
 Destroy metabolisms
Future of plastics
 Biodegradation
 Large scale recycling
 End to production of 1 use plastics
Thank You!