Get Down With Polyeeeeeeeethylene

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(Albano.C 2010), Retrieved from: http://www.ehow.com/list_6127286_harmful-effects-polyethylene-bags.html

• Bags can litter into streets making clean up difficult.
• High civic costs to governments, mostly because of the cleanup efforts
• High costs to the government, which results in loss of other funds offered to them.
  

Flow Chart on how to make polyethylene

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-Generic Name: Ethene homopolymer
-Chemical Formula: -[-CH₂-CH₂-]-_{n
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Common Uses of Polyethylene  

•   High Density Polyethylene  
•   Household cleaning products                                                                               

Healthier Household cleaning. (April 27, 2010). Healthier Household cleaning.

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