The plastics industry manufactures polymer materials, commonly called plastics, and provides plastics related services to a wide range of other industries including packaging, building and construction, electronics, aerospace, manufacturing and transportation. It sits within the chemical industry, and because mineral oil is the major constituent of most plastics, it also forms part of the petrochemical industry. Beyond raw plastics production, plastics engineering, working mostly with engineering plastics valued for their mechanical and thermal properties over more common commodity plastics, is a significant part of the industrial sector in its own right.
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Plastic resins and films are a dominant packaging material, tying the packaging industry closely to the plastics industry.
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The plastics industry manufactures polymer materials-commonly called plastics-and offers services in plastics important to a range of industries, including packaging, building and construction, electronics, aerospace, manufacturing and transportation.
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By implementing circular economy strategies in five sectors alone: cement, aluminum, steel, plastics, and food, 9.3 billion metric tons of CO2 equivalent (equal to all current emissions from transportation) can be reduced.
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