Plastics are created with cellulose, coal, natural gas, salt, and crude oil via polymerization.
One of the most used plastic types is ABS (also used in 3D printing).
Most plastics are made into pellets (think airsoft bullets or buckshot), which are shipped to factories to be molded into food packaging, medical devices, water bottles, etc...
The word "plastic" or "plastics" comes from the Greek word "plastikos," meaning “to grow" or "to form."
Plastics are polymers, polymers are large molecules that are made of smaller ones, called monomers, small molecules that bond together to create more complex forms such as polymers.
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