Identifying Plastics
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Plastics are synthetic polymers made from oil that are mouldable like clay and wax. There are over 50 types of plastics but six common types have identification codes to help with recycling. A seventh category includes other types of plastics not in the first six groups.
Identifying Plastics
- 1. Identifying plastics Plastic means mouldable - so clay and wax could properly be defined as plastic - but these days the word tends to be used to mean synthetic polymers made from oil. There are more than 50 different types of plastics but six common types have been given codes, which help identify them for recycling. There is a seventh category for "other" plastics.