Plastics are derived from organic materials such as fossil fuels or cellulose. The two main processes used to produce plastics are polymerisation and polycondensation, both requiring specific catalysts. A 2016 report by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, an organisation promoting the circular economy, indicates that 90 % of plastics are derived from virgin fossil fuels (representing about 6 % of global oil consumption) and predicts that the plastics sector will account for 20 % of total oil consumption by 2050
By European Parliamentary Research Service
/ May 17, 2017
Examples of how the most common polymer types are used
Examples of how the most common polymer types are used
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