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Facts/ Statistics About PET Plastic: Works Cited

 Has a common #1 “About PET.” About PET | PETRA: Information on the Use, Benefits &
Safety of PET Plastic., PET Resin Association, 2015,
Rejeweled:
resin symbol on all www.petresin.org/aboutpet.asp.

packages (“About
PET”)
Admin. “The History and Future of the Plastic Water
Bottle.” Shini USA,
Jewelry Holder
 in 1950s PET was
www.shiniusa.com/2017/06/14/the-history-and-
future-of-the-plastic-water-bottle/.
A fashionable, convenient jewelry
made into film for holder that occupies little space!
Alter, Lloyd. “No, Sweden Does Not Recycle 99 Percent of Its
videos, x-rays, etc. (“About PET”) Waste.” TreeHugger, Treehugger, 12 Sept. 2017,
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 In 1977 the first PET bottle was does-not-recycle-99-percent-its-waste.html.
recycled (“About PET”) D' Alessandro, Nicole. “22 Facts About Plastic
 On average, a United States Pollution (And 10 Things We Can Do About
It).” EcoWatch, 2 Aug. 2017, www.ecowatch.com/22-
Household uses 45 pounds of PET facts-about-plastic-pollution-and-10-things-we-can-
plastic in a year (D’ Alessandro) do-about-it-1881885971.html.

 We currently recover only 5% of the editors, more.com. “In a Landfill: How Long Does Trash Really
Last?” More.com, More.com, 9 Nov. 2016,
plastics we produce and use in the www.more.com/lifestyle/culturecauses/landfill-how-
US (D’ Alessandro) long-does-trash-really-last.

 In the United States, we throw away Inc., Birch Plastics. “How Recycling Plastic Helps the
Economy.” How Recycling Plastics Helps The
enough plastic each year to circle Economy & Social Benefits | Birch Plastics Inc., Birch
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Made from PET Plastic:
1. soft drink bottles/ water bottles
Inspiration: Can hold anything from earrings,
2. containers for food and other
consumer products
I was inspired by Jen’s design using Mountain necklaces, and rings, to paperclips,
Dew bottle bottoms, but I modified it by using safety pins, and erasers.
3. peanut butter jars (McComb) clear bottles and spray painting it sparkly
turquoise. I also switched the order of the trays, (Has multiple functions!)
making the widest one on top and the thinnest
one the closest to the base (Jen). By: Annabel Merritt
History/Origin: How to Make it:

Materials Needed:
 12-inch threaded rod-$0.98
 8 nuts and 8 washers that match the
width of the rod- $1.66
 2 2-liter soda bottles- $3.58
 1 1.25-liter soda bottle- $1.65
 1 20 oz. soda bottle- $2.51 Why Recycle?
 Spray Paint (any color and optional)  Because PET plastic is petroleum
All of these materials can be found at your based, it takes longer than
local hardware store and cost about $10 advertised to biodegrade (editors,
(Jen). more.com).
 Could take up over 500 years to
decompose (editors, more.com).
Construction Steps:
 Emits harmful chemicals such as CO,
1. Cut the bottom out of the plastic benzene, and biphenyl when in a
bottle with scissors or an X-ACTO landfill (Venkatachalam, S).
knife.  When burned it elicits an awful
2. Drill a hole, with a smell, although it doesn’t produce
drill bit that matches dioxins (“About PET”)
the threaded rod, in
 Helps the economy by supplying 6x
the center of the
the amount of jobs that the trash
bottom.
industry does (Inc., Birch Plastics).
3. Cut deeper into the
ridges of the bottom  Can help manufacturers save up to
and smooth the 90% on production cost (Inc., Birch
edges with a metal Plastics).
file.
4. Place each tray What PET Plastic is Made of:
(Admin) between 2 washers Percent Composition:(C10H8O4)
and 2 nuts.  %Carbon= 62.49%
PET plastic was first created in the 5. One 2-liter bottle will act as the base  %Hydrogen= 4.195%
1940s in the United States by DuPont and will be flipped upside down and  %Oxygen=33.30%
placed at the bottom. Made out of ethylene glycol and terephthalic
chemists (“About PET”) acid pellets that are molded into a water bottle.
6. Spray Paint if you want (Jen).
It is petroleum-based (“About PET”).

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