Sentences with phrase «other synthetic plastics»

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Canadian economy and society will continue to be petroleum - based — from energy to plastics and other synthetic products — for the foreseeable future.

Ragas says compost probably doesn't contribute as much plastic to the environment as other sources, such as sewage treatment plant sludge, which contains polyester debris from clothes washers, and runoff from streets, which can be loaded with particles of synthetic rubber used in tires.

PET carpet advocates report that because plastic beverage containers are made with top quality resins as required by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration, recycled PET is superior to lower grades of virgin synthetic fibers used in making other brands of polyester carpet yarns.

In the laundry, synthetic clothing sheds microscopic plastic fibers (shown in the inset along with other plastic debris) that make their way through sewage treatment systems and into oceans.

But boxed wine may have an environmental dark side: Some of the plastic bags inside the boxes contain Bisphenol - A (BPA), a synthetic chemical that has been in use for four decades to strengthen plastic food containers and other items but recently has been linked to a range of human health problems.

Human industrial activity may also prove to be visible in the geological record in the form of long - lived synthetic molecules from plastics and other products, or radioactive fallout from nuclear weapons.

Before synthetic plastics were created, glass and clay were considered the primary «plastics,» alongside a few other naturally occurring substances like tree - gums and rubber.

However, in a lot of cases, if we are getting the diet dialed in, orgetting like some omega - 3, fatty acid supplements in, we're removing synthetic estrogens, the plastics, and all the other exposures, the phthalates, and all the other endocrine disruptors, and health and skincare products, and then we're addressing underlying issues, I've had great success with many women - women.

We think, on balance, that stainless steel is far safer than various plastics, which release endocrine disruptors and other synthetic chemicals.

We are witnessing more obesity, diabetes, pituitary, thyroid, ovarian, and other endocrine gland disruption due to chemicals such as perchlorates (residues of synthetic fertilizer in produce), polyfluorooctanoic acid (non-stick cookware), bisphenol A (polycarbonate plastics, resin lining of cans), polybrominated diphenyl ethers (flame retardants), along with many others.

I really like the soft melty feel of the faux leather (yes, really)(plastic, pleather, synthetic leather... by any other name they are still as sweet).

While paper and wood products biodegrade at a moderately fast pace, plastics and other synthetic materials are notorious for being slow to break down.

Durable chew products typically are manufactured from plastics, including nylon and other synthetic polymers impregnated with flavorings.

• With Aquamation, there is no smoke stack emission (fly - ash particulate pollution) nor any hydrocarbon emissions that can come from plastic bags and other synthetic items like collars, toys and blankets that are often burned with the pets.

In contrast to most 3D printers, which print with silicone and other strong synthetic plastics, Harrison's hand - made printers utilize a wet clay.

Microscopic plastic particles like microfibers act like sponges in the ocean, soaking up other synthetic chemicals and organic pollutants.

Plastics have a high energy content that can be converted to electricity, synthetic gas, fuels and recycled feedstocks for new plastics and other products of chPlastics have a high energy content that can be converted to electricity, synthetic gas, fuels and recycled feedstocks for new plastics and other products of chplastics and other products of chemistry.

While certain naturally - sourced materials such as wool or cotton are technically biodegradable (though without the perfect conditions, organic material will mummify in a landfill), synthetic materials like rayon or polyester are just as slow to degrade as any other plastic item — and much harder to recycle.