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plastics

[ plas-tiks ]

adjective

  1. of or relating to a plastic or plastics:

    a plastics firm; plastics research.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of plastics1

First recorded in 1920–25; plastic, -ics
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Example Sentences

They included several types of phthalates, chemicals used to make plastics flexible; chloroform, a toxic byproduct from disinfecting water with chlorine; and toluene, a hazardous substance found in vehicle exhaust.

An effective, easy-to-use way to reduce plastics in the home, the bags are sized for their intended items, color-coded and clearly labeled, so you can see at a glance which one holds the lettuce.

Gen. Rob Bonta and a group of environmental organizations sued Exxon Mobil, accusing the company falsely promoting plastics as universally recyclable when, in reality, the vast majority of these products cannot be reused.

The Biden administration has also taken some positive steps to address plastic pollution domestically, including a ban on the federal procurement of single-use plastics.

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The bill doesn’t include any of the fixes that researchers have found would be most effective in curbing the plastics crisis: capping plastic production, limiting single-use plastic and removing toxic chemicals from plastic products.

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