Production of plastic:
- Natural, organic materials
- Cellulose
- Coal
- Natural gas
- Salt
- Crude oil
- Around 780,000 tons of plastic waste are produced annually
Recycling of plastic:
- 16% of the Packaging waste is plastic
- 80'000 tons are recycled
Consumption:
- consumes about one million tons of plastics annually in Switzerland (2010)
- 125 kilogramms per head
Vocabulary:
Kunststoff = plastic
Recycling = recycling
Pruduktion = production
Verbrauch = consumption
Zellulose = cellulose
Kohle = coal
Salz = salt
Rohöl = crude oil
Verpackung = packaging
Sources:
Wie Kunststoffe hergestellt werden (plasticseurope.org)
Die lange Entdeckung von Kunststoff (faz.net)
Kunstoffe (bafu.admin.ch)
Kunstoff Recycling - So läuft Plastikmüll Recycling (careelite.de)
Plastikflasche wiederwerten statt wegwerfen (ilesto.com)
Plastik-Recycling: Basteln mit Plastikflaschen (swd-ag.de)
Adidas aims to end plastic waste with innovation + partnerships as the solutions (news.adidas.com)
Powerpoint:
Plastic.pdf (1,41 mb)
Team:
Joelle & Julia
[in progress]