In late February 2018, a six-tonne Sperm Whale washed up on the shore of the Murcian Coast in Southern Spain after consuming 64 pounds of plastic. The male Sperm Whale is already an endangered species protected under the Endangered Species Conservation Act in the US, and this is just one example as to why.
Currently, the volumetric measurement of natural gas, normally in cubic metres (m3), is fairly simple; in fact, most common meters in the United Kingdom are still mechanical devices that accomplish this. It is when converting this volumetric figure to kWh that the effects of differing temperatures and pressures can be seen.
As part of our short article series on plastic, we have so far looked at the basics of what each recycling symbol means. However, within this article, we have decided to take it one step further and delve deeper into resin codes and explain what each label means.