eTwinning project BLASTIC

1. Plastic
By: Stojanka Ristić
Primary school “Vuk Karadžić” Niš, Serbia

2. What is plastic? When was is it
first discovered?
Plastic is a material consisting
of any of a wide range of
synthetic or semi-synthetic
organics that are malleable and
can be molded into solid
objects of diverse shapes.
The world's first fully synthetic
plastic was bakelite, invented in
New York in 1907 by Leo
Baekeland who coined the term
'plastics‘.

3. Life before the plastic
People brushed their
teeth with a tooth
brush made of
bambus and a wild
pig’s hair.

4. How we can prevent plastic
pollution
We can use paper
bags instead of
plastic bags

5. What is now possible thanks to
plastic?
With the use of plastic
material for certain
devices and container,
health care industry has
had a reduction in
contaminations, which
reduces unnecessary
medical cost and could
improve the amount of
lives saved.

6. What’s the impact of plastic on
our health?
Plastics surround us.
A vital manufacturing
ingredient for nearly
every existing
industry, these
materials appear in a
high percentage of
the products we use
everyday.

7. The impact of plastic on our
health
Although modern life
would be hard to
imagine without this
versatile chemistry,
products composed
of plastics also have
a dark side, due in
part to the very
characteristics that
make them so
desirable-their
durability and
longevity.
Why we should stop using drinking straws?

8. The impact of plastic in the
environment
Many plastics remain floating on the surface of
our waterways, the place where many food
sources lie making them attractive to species of
marine life.

9. eTwinning project Blastic.
 Taken from https://wikipedia.org for eTwinning project Blastic.
Primary school “Vuk Karadžić” Niš, Serbia
December, 2015.