Going plastic free means you need to know so much more about the basic stuff that you use, what it is, where is it from and even some chemistry – urk!
So here is some information about science, green issues and other related subjects that impact on the plastic debate. Plus a look at the alternative products being touted and thoughts on how better they actually are.
Volatile organic compounds or VOCs are a class of chemicals that are volatile. Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are organic compounds ...
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Welcome to the slippery pole Fatty Acids Or Fossil Fuel? Fossil fuel oil is slippery is very versatile. As well ...
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Hydrocarbon is a molecule that only contains hydrogen and carbon atoms, joined together by covalent bonds. Remember that a covalent bond is ...
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A comment often made about plastic recycling in, (I would suggest), a rather disparaging tone, is that it is not ...
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Did you know that petroleum-derived hexane may be used to harvest your vegetable oil? No me neither but here's how. Extraction Vegetable ...
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Methane is a short-lived climate pollutant with significant climate warming potential. Methane gas, or biogas, is released when organic material ...
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Plants and animals are organic everything else is inorganic Inorganic things are made from chemicals. Chemicals are also found in organic ...
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Things to consider when choosing glass packaging as oppose to plastic What is glass Glass is made from sand, soda ...
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This post talks about Microbes Antiseptics Disinfectants Alcohol Bicarbonate Of Soda Vinegar Hydrogen peroxide Soap Essential oils This is an area ...
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Do not mix up your alcohols. This is not a warning of the type "wine after beer makes you feel queer" ...
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Incineration is to dispose of waste materials by burning them. The end results are heat, ash and gases. High-temperature waste treatment systems ...
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In this post you cad read about Soils (Dirt) Alkaline Acid Cleaning Dirt, stains and even rusts are all known ...
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Isopropyl alcohol, or isopropanol (also known as rubbing alchohol or surgical spirit) is made from propene derived from fossil fuels ...
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In this post you can read about Salt - (sodium chloride)NaCl Glauber’s salt- (sodium sulphate). Synthesised from salt but also occurs ...
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Polyethylene terephthalat PET or PETE plastic code 1 is made from carbon, hydrogen and oxygen, just like paper. It is claimed that, ...
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I was under the impression that pops was some kind of horrid Yorkshire dish involving hot milk and bits of ...
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The chemical name for dioxin is: 2,3,7,8- tetrachlorodibenzo para dioxin (TCDD). The name "dioxins" is often used for the family of ...
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I have no wish to add to the massive amounts of misinformation out there.
Please note I am no chemist, I know nothing of the sciences. Much of the information here has been gleaned from the unreliable Google Mines and filtered through my total ignorance. I think it’s correct. If It’s not please do tell me.
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