Plastic bottles are great for recycling, but many ignorant or unobservant people put them with trash where they end up in a landfill. Being in these landfills are terrible for the environment because they do not degrade. Only 27.5 percent of plastic bottles are being recycled. Another problem with these problems the bottles are very strong to be replaced, and they have to be melted down to be used for other items. Now manufacuterers are using this plastic to make them into boards for decks or clothing materials. There is even one town in Maine that is using recycled bottles to build a bridge.
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| A polymer bridge being made in York, Maine. |
There is some speculation to use plastic versus wood for this bridge. Firstly, the cost to create it is twice as expensive to make this rather than a wooden bridge. However, some of the benefits can outweigh that cost. Trees are not cut down, which is good for the environment, and the plastics are invulnerable to bugs and water. Finally, just as long as they last in a landfill, the bridge will last that long as well.
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