Issue 03 – October 2012
In construction
PVC-U windows have a lifetime of at least 35 years.
Over the lifetime of a building, 1kg of plastics can save up to 755 kgs of CO2 emissions.
Expanded Polystyrene thermal insulation reduces the energy needs of buildings and can make savings of up to 50% in CO2 emissions.
772 miles of cracked Victorian water mains are currently being replaced by blue plastic pipes, preventing leakage rates of up to 30%.
In transportation 22% of the Airbus A380 is built with light-weight plastics composite, saving fuel and operating costs by 15%.
The Boeing 787 Dreamliner is 50% made from plastics composite, giving a 20% saving in fuel.
The average vehicle now contains some 1,400 plastics components, reducing the car’s weight by 30%.
105 kgs of plastics in a car weighing 1,000 kgs saves 750 litres of fuel over 90,000 miles. This reduces EU oil consumption by 12 million tonnes and CO2 emissions by 30 million tonnes.
In sport
It takes just 8 plastic bottles to make a football shirt.
During the 2010 World Cup, nine teams sported shirts made from recycled PET bottles.
A training shoe weighs just 100 grams. The weight was divided in two in 20 years through the use of plastics components.
A polyurethane swimming suit with ultrasonically welded panels provides swimmers with a 5% better oxygen intake capability and a 4% increase in speed.
With light-weight tennis racquets made from carbon fibre plastics composites it is possible to reach serves of 125 mph.
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