plastic bags

  • 1Plastic shopping bag — Plastic shopping bags, or carrier bags or plastic grocery bags, are a common type of shopping bag in several countries. Most often these bags are intended for a single use to carry items from a store to a home: reuse for storage or trash is… …

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  • 2Plastic — is the general common term for a wide range of synthetic or semisynthetic organic solid materials suitable for the manufacture of industrial products. Plastics are typically polymers of high molecular weight, and may contain other substances to… …

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  • 3Plastic recycling — is the process of recovering scrap or waste plastics and reprocessing the material into useful products, sometimes completely different from their original state. For instance, this could mean melting down soft drink bottles then making model… …

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  • 4Plastic bag — A plastic bag or pouch is a type of flexible packaging made of thin, flexible, plastic film. Plastic bags are used for containing and transporting foods, produce, powders, ice, chemicals, waste, etc. Most are heat sealed together. Some are bonded …

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  • 5plastic — 01. Did you know that fleece jackets are made out of recycled [plastic] bottles? 02. Guns made of [plastic] are almost impossible to detect using conventional methods. 03. I bought a CD recently which came in a cardboard sleeve instead of a… …

    Grammatical examples in English

  • 6plastic — plas|tic1 W2S2 [ˈplæstık] n 1.) [U and C] a light strong material that is produced by a chemical process, and which can be made into different shapes when it is soft ▪ children s toys made of plastic ▪ the plastics industry 2.) [U] informal small …

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  • 7plastic — 1 noun 1 (C, U) a light strong material that is chemically produced, which can be made into different shapes when soft and is used to make many things: children s toys made of plastic | the plastics industry 2 (singular, uncountable) informal… …

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  • 8plastic */*/*/ — I UK [ˈplæstɪk] / US noun Word forms plastic : singular plastic plural plastics 1) [countable/uncountable] a very common light, strong substance produced by a chemical process and used for making many different things chemicals used in the… …

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  • 9plastic — plas|tic1 [ plæstık ] noun *** 1. ) count or uncount a very common light, strong substance produced by a chemical process and used for making many different things: chemicals used in the manufacture of plastics plates made of plastic 2. ) uncount …

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  • 10plastic*/*/ — [ˈplæstɪk] noun [C/U] I a very common light, strong substance that is produced by a chemical process and used for making many different things II adj plastic */*/*/[ˈplæstɪk] made of plastic plastic bags[/ex] …

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