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PRESENTED BY,
PAVITHRA . S
II- B.COM(DC3)
 WHAT IS PLASTIC

 Materials that can be reshaped (remolded) by applying heat and

pressure.

 Most plastics are made from synthetic resins (polymers) through

the industrial process of polymerization.

 Two main types of plastics are thermoplastics and thermosets.

TYPES OF PLASTICS

 POLYCARBONATE– compact discs.

 POLYESTER – fibers and textiles.

 POLYETHYLENE – supermarket bags and plastic bottles.

 HIGH-DENSITY POLYETHYLENE– detergent bottles, milk jugs.
 LOW-DENSITY POLYETHYLENE– outdoor furniture, floor tiles.

 POLYVINYL CHLORIDE – plumbing pipes, electrical wire/cable insulation.

 POLYVINYLIDENE CHLORIDE – food packaging.

 HISTORY OF PLASTIC

 The first man –made plastic was created by Alexander Parkes who publically demonstrated it at
the 1862 Great International Exhibition in London

 The material called Parkesine was an organic material derived from cellulose

 Parkesine won a bronze medal at the 1862 world’s fair in Londan

USAGE OF PLASTICS

 Plastics Applications can be found in almost all areas of everyday living due to their
versatility

 PLASTICS PACKAGING
 Plastics is versatile, hygenic, lightweight, flexible and highly durable.
 packaging applications including
Containers Bottles
Drums Trays
Boxes Cups
Vending packaging Baby products
 ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC APPLICATIONS
Electricity powers almost every aspect of our lives, at home and in
our jobs, at work and at play. And everywhere that we find electricity, we
also find plastics.

 TRANSPORT
The cost-effective and safe transportation of people and goods is
vital to our economy, cutting the weight of cars, aeroplanes, boats and
trains can cut fuel consumption dramatically. The lightness of plastics
therefore makes them invaluable to the transport industry.
PLASTIC POLLUTION

 Plastic pollution is the accumulation of plastic products in the environment that adversely
affects wildlife, wildlife habitat and humans.

 Plastics are inexpensive and durable, and as a result levels of plastic production by humans
are high.

 Moreover, the chemical structure of most plastics renders them resistant to many natural
processes of degradation and as a result they are slow to degrade.
 EFFECTS ON ENVIRONMENT
 LAND
 OCEAN
 AIR
SAY NO TO
PLASTIC BAGS
Plastics give a helpful hand, but
they are polluting our land!
PLASTIC BAGS LITTER THE LANDSCAPE

 Once they are used ,most plastic bags go into landfill. Each year more and more bags are
ending up littering the environment.

 The worst environmental effects of plastic bags is that they are non – biodegradable. It
takes about 1000 years.

 Chlorinated plastic can release harmful chemicals into the surrounding soil, which can
then seep into groundwater or other surrounding water sources and also the ecosystem.
Save our best friend earth from the plastic

If you are ‘Fantastic’ then do Eating plastic animals died,

something ‘Drastic’ to cut the seeing plastic nature cried. So Go Green, Plastic is Obscene!
‘Plastic’ say no to plastics!
PLASTIC IN THE
OCEAN
PLASTIC POLLUTE OCEANS

 About 8 million tonnes of plastic enters the sea every year, and at this rate we face a future
with more plastic in the Ocean than fish by 2050.

 Our plastic addiction and waste mismanagement is condemning countless marine birds
and animals to death by entanglement or poisoning, and even leading to chemical
contamination of the fish we eat.

 Garbage has been discared into the oceans for as long as humans have sailed the seven
seas or lived on seashores or near waterways flowing into the sea.
Oceans make up
97%of earth’swater
Most of the oxygen in our
atmosphere is generated by the
sea
Ocean feeds us Our lives depends
and sustain us on the ocean
100 million marine mammels and yet we are poisoning the ocean
turtles in the north pacific are with hundreds of millions of tons
killed every year by plastic in the of plastic
ocean
PLASTICS
POLLUTING AIR
Stop pollution before it stop our
breathe
WHAT CAUSES AIR POLLUTION FROM
PLASTIC

 Plastic materials are everywhere. We use plastic bags, straws and plastic bottles for such a
short time and then we dispose of it. Yet, they remain forever - toxic till the end.

 When plastic is produced, it’s made from toxic materials such as benzene and vinyl
hydrochloride. It is destined to be toxic from birth to forever.

 These chemicals are known to cause cancer, and the manufacturing byproducts contaminate
our air and soil. The type of plastic that is the major source of dioxin is PVC.
BE FAIR DON’T POLLUTE THE AIR

BE A PART OF THE SOLLUTION NOT STOP AIR POLLUTION IF YOU WANT

PART OF THE POLLUTION CLEAN AIR TO BREATHE
 PLASTIC
BAGS KILL
ANIMALS
About 1,00,000 animals such as dolphins
,turtles ,penguins are killed every due to
plastic bags.
Many animals ingest plastic bags,
mistaking them for food , and therefore die
and worse, the ingested plastic bag remains
intact even after the death and death and
decomposition of the animal. Thus, it lies
around in the landscape where another
victim may ingest it.
PLASTIC AFFECTS HUMAN HEALTH

 Plastic plays the villain right from the stage of its production .The major chemicals
that go into the making of plastic are highly toxic and pose serious threat to living
beings of all species on earth

 Some of the constituents of plastic such as benzene are known to cause cancer. Plastic
resins themselves are flammable and have contributed considerably to several
accidents world wide.
Toxic chemicals leach out of plastic and are found in the blood and tissue of nearly all of us.
Exposure to them is linked to cancers, birth defects, impaired immunity, endocrine disruption and
other ailments.
 STEPS TAKEN BY THE GOVERNMENT TO
BAN PLASTIC

 Tamil Nadu to ban use of plastic items from 2019

The Tamil Nadu government announced it would ban the use of plastic itemdegradable carry from
January 2019 to "gift a plastic-free" state to future generation.
Chief Minister K Palaniswami's announcement in the state assembly coincided with International
Environment Day.

 Reusables in government offices

Government offices in Kerala made the switch to ink pens and steel cutlery to ensure articles like
plastic water bottles, disposable teacups and plastic carry bags are no longer used across the office premises.
Mooted by the Suchitwa Mission and Haritha Keralam Mission, the idea envisioned by the concerned
authorities was to make government departments set an example for a clean environment.
Fishing for plastic waste from water bodies

 As per a brilliant initiative helmed by Kerala’s Suchitwa Mission, 28 fishermen from the Neendakara
harbour have been engaged in not just finding fish but also plastic that either gets stuck in the fishing
nets or floats in the sea. In last 10 months since the project was launched, they have managed to
recover 25 tonnes of plastic waste.
 Crackdown on plastic usage
 Standing out in this regard is the state of Sikkim. Thanks to its complete crackdown on plastic, it
went on to earn the tag of India’s cleanest state. Sikkim is the second smallest state in the country,
and therefore, it had no scope for the creation of multiple landfill sites.

 In 1998, it became the first Indian state to ban disposable plastic bags, and in 2016, it took a
significant step by banning the use of packaged drinking water in government offices and
government events and the use of Styrofoam and thermocol disposable plates and cutlery across the
entire state.
PLASTIC RECYCLING

 Plastic recycling is the process of recovering scrap or waste plastic and reprocessing the
material into useful products. Since the vast majority of plastic is non-
biodegradable, recycling is a part of global efforts to reduce plastic in the waste stream,
especially the approximately 8 million tons of waste plastic that enters the Earth's ocean
every year
UTILISING PLASTICS FOR ROAD
SURFACING

 Thanks to Professor Rajagopalan Vasudevan of the Thiyagarajar College of Engineering

in Madurai, using plastics for road surfacing is now a reality, and many states are
considering to implement this pioneering tactic to manage their plastic waste. Kerala,
Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu are a few states that have already begun work on these lines.
Imagine the amounts of plastic waste that can be put to better use while flagging off
development projects across the country!
 WHAT CAN WE DO ?

 Say NO to plastic check-out bags whilst shopping and buy reusable bags or bring your own for
your shopping instead.

 Use glass/ceramic instead of plastic .

 Replace plastic travel mugs with stainless steel for hot beverages.

 When you can’t avoid plastic ,check container bottems for recycling codes .choose those easily
recycled.

 Shop at the local farmers markets.Buy can instead of the plastic bottle
LETS MAKE A
FUTERE PLASTIC
FREE
If you can't REUSE it, REFUSE it

Handle with care, plastic is

everywhere

No plastic is fantastic
 CONCLUSION

 Plastic pollution has so many negative effects .They are not confined to one segment of the
ecosystem. Different components of the environment are affected and this causes loss of
biodiversity.

 The planet is much better when it’s clean and pollution is kept at a minimum or completely
eradicated.

 The government must perform its responsibility and individuals must also do what is right to
protect the environment and themselves.

 When we all do what is necessary, we reduce plastic pollution and conserve the environment.
THANK
YOU