Incorporate the daily use of plastic generates that it is used for everything without perceiving it, that’s why in this note we describe 10 aspects related to plastic:

1. The plastics industry is known as "The industry of industries".
Plastic is present in a large part of the areas that are used daily, and this is due to qualities offered by the plastic material, such as efficiency in its use, resistance to bacteria, its light weight, the ability to mold it, low energy use, among others.

2. Modern cars are composed of 50% plastic, being only 10% of the total weight of the car.
This helps to improve the efficiency in the fuel expense, benefiting the environment and the personal economy.

3. Thanks to plastic materials we reduce food waste between 13% and 18%.
This type of material produces more than US $ 2.18 million in environmental cost savings due to food waste. Plastic containers, such as tupperware, sachets, bags, films, trays, etc., may contain more food, with less energy use and potentially decreasing global warming than other materials.

4. To produce the same amount of containers with other material than plastic, it is estimated up to seven times more of the other material.
The same goes for the recycling system. By recycling a certain amount of plastics, we are saving 90% of energy use if we recycle the same amount of other material. The plastic does not pollute, it is an inert, innocuous, noble and recyclable material.

5. Only 4% of the world's oil and gas production is used to manufacture plastics.
The rest is used as fuel in cars, power plants, the home, etc. It is a myth that plastics are the main responsible for gas and oil consumption.

6. Constructions with plastic materials and insulating products help to save a large amount of energy.
About 40% of the energy consumed in the United States is used for homes and buildings, mainly for heating and air conditioning, so that the increase in energy efficiency in the home can help significantly reduce energy consumption. The plastic materials used in construction - foam insulation for roofs, walls and floors, sealants, windows and pipes - help owners save a lot in energy use.

7. If we eliminated the plastic by alternative materials we would increase US $ 400 billion by environmental cost.
Changing the plastic for other material could increase environmental costs, going to cost US $ 139 trillion to 533 trillion, the final handling of waste, transportation, production and material, and the costs and impact of the recovered energy.

8. Plastic bottles have the advantage that they do not accumulate bacteria.
The plastic is an inert and innocuous material and does not represent a food for the microorganisms so they do not accumulate.

9. The plastic is the ideal material to store infant feeding.
Plastics protect and maintain perishable food for a longer time, which reduces waste and the use of preservatives, while maintaining the taste and nutritional value of food helping to improve our quality of life.

10. The plastic bags correspond to 0.16% of all garbage.
Plastics are a tiny part of waste in the city of Buenos Aires. The problem of garbage and the environment is not in the plastic, but in a poor management of waste, in a bad citizen behavior not to throw the waste in the places prepared for that purpose and in the low separation of waste from all materials for later recycling.

Source: MassNegocios
Lima, Peru
Edition 22