PLASTIC WASTE: Plastic is a component of many consumer products and accounts for most of the output and final products of the manufacturing industry. However, not all plastics are the same and this means that they cannot all be disposed of and recycled in the same way.
What is Plastic Waste?
- PET bottles,
- Bottle caps,
- Water demijohns,
- Packaging,
- Plastic bags,
- Plastic boxes,
- PET cups,
- Cleaning material packaging,
- Personal care product packaging,
- Plastic toys.
Some Benefits of Recycling Plastic Waste are as follows;
- When plastic (PET & Nylon) waste is recycled, the life of landfills is extended.
- Non-renewable raw material resources are protected.
- When 1 ton of plastic is recycled, 14,000 kWh of energy is saved.
- Our country’s import dependency decreases.
- Since a plastic bottle does not decompose in nature for 3,000 years, nature is protected by recycling plastic waste.
