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How Additives Enhance Plastic Properties plastics to be used for so many designs.
Such additives can greatly affect various proper- Cost Efficiency: It has been established that fill-
ties of the plastics, when they are incorporated ers can hereby cut down on the total cost of
into the plastics. For instance: plastics by dwindling the amount of costly resin.
Enhanced Durability: Some of the additives in- Conclusion
clude the stabilizers and the antioxidants where-
by they act more of as protective agents of the Plastics find their use in numerous products be-
polymeric materials to avoid cases such as envi- cause they have been modified with the help
ronmental effects. of several additives. It is with this knowledge of
various kinds of additives and how they function
Increased Flexibility: With the help of plasticizers that the manufacturers have relevant informa-
the plastics will become flexible, that is why with tion that propels them modify the characteristic
the help of plastics bending is expected. of the plastic to suit its intended use and improve
its performance. Whether the requirement is to
Improved Safety: Among the uses of application increase flexibility, to increase toughness, or to
of flame retardants which can be used in plastics add colour and so on the role of plastic additives
consists of the flame extension in plastics flame continues to safeguard the quality of plastics for
resistance. the expected application.
Aesthetic Appeal: Through these pigments, we Source – Plastics Technology
have so many colours and finish which makes
Top 9 Challenges and Solutions in Plastic Waste
Management
anagement of plastic waste is one of 1. High Volume of Plastic Waste
the biggest global concerns today due
Mto which there is need to come up with Challenge: Plastic wastes produced on a daily
solution to the many challenges that it presents. basis are phenomenal in the entire world and this
These are some of the measures that constitute is worrying. Plastics form part of everybody’s life
understanding of the challenges of plastic waste through packaging and other products, which
and formulation of measures necessary to deal makes the waste produced by plastics hard to
with the challenges. In this article, nine major is- deal with.
sues encountered in the management of plastic Solution: To address this volume, it is necessary
wastes and possible ways of handling them are to have detailed recycling programmes. In this
discussed.
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