What is a biodegradable plastic?
Plastics that by nature burn away after a year
plastics that can be eaten away by microbes
An advantage of biodegradable plastics are that they last a long time
There are codes for how plastics need to be recycled
What can happen when you burn certain plastics?
Nothing
They create a poisonous gas
They create water and Nitrogen Oxide
Biodegradable plastics can cause starvation (as an extreme)
Recycling plastic is impossible, the plastics just melt
Hedgehogs can get trapped in plastic wrapping of apple nets
plastic can be made from corn
how are some plastics said to be breathable
the plastics expands when the person wears them and increases the surface area to release the heat
the plastic contracts forcing heat out
the lastics contain small pores which let sweat out but don't let water in
PTA contains cornstarch
