10 SURPRISING THINGS MADE FROM PLASTIC

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10 SURPRISING THINGS MADE FROM PLASTIC
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• Plastic is rapidly transforming our world
  allowing us to manufacture cheap, durable
  products at a scale never thought possible. Of
  the many products we use in our daily lives youd
  be surprised just how many are made from plastic.
  Here are a few that might raise an eyebrow.

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Supermarket Carts

• The humble supermarket cart is now being made out
  of plastic! No more fighting with the old metal
  clunker. The new and improved plastic shopping
  cart is strong, lightweight and much easier to
  use than its metal counterpart. Say goodbye to
  wrestling matches with that broken trolley down
  the supermarket aisle.  

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Winter Adventure Jackets
That down winter coat you purchased last winter
the one with the shiny padded outer? Thats made
out of plastic too. Good quality jackets will use
genuine down fill on the inside, but the outer
shell can be made from plastic recycled PET
plastic soda bottles in fact.  
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Plastic Chairs

• Next time you head to a NFL match at your local
  stadium, check out the seating options. The
  chairs in stadiums, and many other styles of
  chairs for home and business, are made from
  high-density polyethylene (HDPE) plastic.

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Outdoor Decking

• You wouldnt believe it, but there are now
  plastic decks that look like the real timber
  variety. Manufacturers such as Trex have
  developed a way to recycle polyethylene plastic
  wraps, films and bags that you use every day to
  make beautiful wooden decking for you home. Who
  wouldve thought plastic bags could make
  something so beautiful! 

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Clothing Items

• Synthetic fabrics such as nylon, polyester,
  spandex etc. are all derived from plastics.
  Offering high flexibility, performance and
  durability, these fabrics are commonplace in the
  majority of clothing on the market today. Sports
  shirts, environmentally friendly board shorts,
  baseball caps all these clothing items are now
  being manufactured from fabrics that contain
  plastics. 

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Cutlery and Kitchenware

• Those who enjoy a good picnic, or who go camping
  (especially the backcountry variety) will be very
  familiar with plastic cutlery and plastic
  crockery. A modern day convenience, and a staple
  at take-out stores worldwide, the creation of
  plastic cutlery is another perfect example of the
  many useful things we use daily hat are made from
  plastic. 

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Toys

• Christmas wouldnt be the same without the Tonka
  Truck and Barbie Doll, or even the latest trends
  like the Anki Overdrive racecar set. All these,
  and many more, are toys made from plastic
  materials. Could you imagine receiving a mini
  pedal-car carved entirely from wood? While these
  types of toys are still available, it much more
  common to find them made from plastic.  

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Tennis Balls

• A surprising item that makes the made from
  plastic list is the humble tennis ball. Their
  furry outer layer is manufactured using Type 1 or
  PET plastic sourced from beverage bottles and
  milk jugs sold in stores. Bottles are shredded,
  cleaned, melted and spooled into thin threads as
  the material hardens and dries. Now you know
  where the tennis ball gets its hair done! 

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Gym Tiles

• The gym tiles at your local fitness center, or
  even in your gym at home, are manufactured from a
  plastic-based material. Many manufacturers are
  using gym tiles to test out new ways to recycle
  plastic materials as well. As an example, shoe
  manufacturer Nike has been collecting worn-out
  sneakers as part a program that creates gym tiles
  from ground up sneakers that have been donated.
  The plastic / rubber composite material can also
  be used to make various sporting surfaces
  including running tracks and tennis courts. 

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Golf Balls

• The hardened, white, dimpled outer surface of a
  golf ball is, surprisingly, made from plastic.
  Extremely hard and durable, the material used to
  manufacture a golf ball outer is an excellent
  example of plastic being used to achieve
  seemingly impossible feats withstanding extreme
  impact force from a golfers swing.  

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Comparison Table Layout
Plastic has many surprising applications, and the
push now is to ensure plastic products are
manufactured using recycled plastic materials
where possible. These are just a few unique ways
that plastic is being used to supply our needs,
and as technology advances, youre likely to see
plastic pop up in even more day-to-day uses that
will change our lives in even more surprising
ways.  
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