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To make plastics, crude oil and natural gas are refined into ethane, propane and hundreds of other petrochemical products. The Ethane and propane is then cracked into ethylene and propylene, using high-temperature furnaces. A Catalyst is then combined with ethylene or propylene in a reactor, resulting in fluff, a powdered material (polymer) resembling laundry detergent. Fluff is combined with additives in a continuous blender. Polymer is fed to an extruder where it is melted. Melted plastic is cooled then fed to a pelletize that cuts the product into small pellets which are ready to be shipped to the customers.
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∙ 10y ago
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∙ 11y agoIf you fill the bottle one third full of oil (33%), that's the amount of oil needed to make one plastic bottle. this is based on not material to make the bottle but how much oil is used to manufacture, ship and store the bottle.
It doesn't matter what size the bottle is. One third of it is the amount.
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∙ 13y agoa lot! But seriously, depends on how you count and what you account for. If you do a simple carbon count, then the amount crude needed is about 1.3x the amount of plastic (depends on the plastic made and the quality of the oil). Then do you count for the oil used to form the monomers, to create the catalyst, to form the plastic. Also one barrel of crude is used to make gasoline, diesel, kerosene and other fuels. The waste product of the distillation of crude oil is then used to make tar, plastics, etc. So another answer could be one barrel of crude makes one pound plastic. Good luck in finding an exact answer.
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∙ 15y agolots can.. but we waste to much of it
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∙ 13y ago42 US gallons in each barrel of oil.
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What is plastic bags made out of?
Plastic bags are made out of one kind of oil which is patrol.
How are plastic bags made?
Plastic bags are made from polyurethane and petroleum. The initial making of plastic bags was sometime in the 1950's.
Is plastic made out of rocks or is plastic made out of minerals?
no, plastic is made out of oils usually petroleum.
What are walmart plastic bags made of?
plastic of course
What resources are required to make plastic bags?
On a worldwide base (per year) it costs $2,517,400,000,000.00! But that's just half of it - what I mean is that $2,517,400,000,000.00 is only how much it costs to mix the crude oil and petroleum together. To have the exact amount you need to find out how much lubricants and asphalt is produced for the making of plastic bags (on a yearly basis) and then multiply it by 30,700,000,000 - which is the number of barrels of crude oil is made each year. And crude oil because that is the main ingredients when producing plastic bags!
Can plastic bags be made out of dolphins?
No, if they are PLASTIC bags they cant be made of dolphins
What is plastic bags made out of?
Plastic bags are made out of one kind of oil which is patrol.
What four things is plastic made of?
Plastic is made from crude oil.
Are plastic shipping bags still being made?
Plastic shipping bags are still being made. Biodegradable plastic and degradable plastic bags are much friendlier to the environment than just regular plastic bags.
Which is the costliest product from crude oil?
plastic is made from crude oil.
What are biodegradable plastic bags made of?
plastic
How are plastic bags made?
Plastic bags are made from polyurethane and petroleum. The initial making of plastic bags was sometime in the 1950's.
What were the gas bags on thehindenburg made from?
plastic bags
Is plastic made out of rocks or is plastic made out of minerals?
no, plastic is made out of oils usually petroleum.
What are walmart plastic bags made of?
plastic of course
What resources are required to make plastic bags?
On a worldwide base (per year) it costs $2,517,400,000,000.00! But that's just half of it - what I mean is that $2,517,400,000,000.00 is only how much it costs to mix the crude oil and petroleum together. To have the exact amount you need to find out how much lubricants and asphalt is produced for the making of plastic bags (on a yearly basis) and then multiply it by 30,700,000,000 - which is the number of barrels of crude oil is made each year. And crude oil because that is the main ingredients when producing plastic bags!
Where did bags come from?
bags - I am assuming your meaning bags in which to carry things in there are paper, plastic and now the environmental friendly cloth bags. Paper bags are created by using trees - using the pulp in which bags are made from. Paper bags can be recycled. Plastic bags are typically made from oil by-products. Plastic bags can be recycled by it is process is hard. Biodegradeable plastic bags which are not made from petroleum products but derived from our food sources. Cloth bags made from cloth and can be washed and reused. Saving energy and our resources.
