There are over 6,000 products refined from crude
oil. How can we recycle and reuse petroleum
plastic? Conduct an investigation using the
density of a variety of petroleum plastics.
Consider new ideas and technologies for reducing
plastic in landfills and reusing this valuable
resource.
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Products Card.pdf
Products Mini-Display
Board.pdf
Products Experiment #1.pdf
Classroom Experiment
Experiment: Polymer Plastic
Recycling
See how differences in density can
be used to efficiently sort
plastics for recycling.