Ans: Plastic in homes: Plastic containers seem more convenient to store food than metal containers because of their light-weight, lower price, good strength and easy handling.
b. In the health care industry: Plastics find extensive uses in the health care industry. Some examples of their uses are the packaging of tablets, threads used for stitching wounds, syringes, doctor’s gloves and a number of medical instruments.
c. As special plastic cookware in microwave ovens: Special plastic cookware is used in microwave ovens for cooking food. In microwave ovens, the heat cooks the food but does not affect the plastic vessel.
d. For non-stick coating on cookware: Teflon is a special plastic on which oil and water do not stick. It is used for non-stick cookware coating on cookware.
e. Fireproof plastics: Although synthetic fibre catches fire easily, it is interesting to know that the uniforms of firemen have a coating of melamine plastic to make them flame resistant.