Plastics are man-made materials with a polymeric (macromolecular) structure that lends them their moldable properties and plasticity. The majority of plastics in circulation are fossil-based organic polymers obtained from petrochemicals. Emerging alternatives broadly known as bioplastics (biopolymers derived from renewable sources such as for example cellulose, vegetable fats and oils, corn, pea or potato starch, sugars from sugar cane and sugar beets), still constitute only a very small fraction of the market. There are multiple categories of plastic, depending on the constituting polymeric structure. Some of the most commonly used plastics include polyethylene (PE), polypropylene (PP), polystyrene (PS), polyvinylchloride (PVC), polyethylene terephthalate (PET), polyester (PES), polyamide (PA) and acrylic (PC).
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