plastic pellets
Pre-production polymer bits
Plastic pellets are small granules of raw plastic, typically a few millimeters in diameter, used as the basic feedstock for manufacturing plastic products.
Manufacturers melt and mold these pellets into everything from bottles to toys.
Also called nurdles, they've become an environmental concern as they escape into waterways and oceans: Beaches littered with plastic pellets.
- resinViscous plant secretion
- granulesSmall discrete particles
- polymerLarge repeated-unit molecule
- raw materialUnprocessed production input
- microplasticsSub-5mm synthetic environmental particles
extrusion · injection molding · hopper · molding · raw · beads · industrial · supply chain · spill · ocean · ocean cleanup · injection · polypropylene · feedstock · manufacturing · production line · polyethylene · melting
- small particlessand grains, pollen grains, ice crystals, sawdust, quinoa
- plastics manufacturinginjection molding, extrusion, thermoforming, vacuum forming, resin
- Granular Materialssand grains, gravel, pebbles, silt, grit
- microplasticsmicrobeads, microfibers, nanoplastics
- pelletizingpelleting, fish feed, animal feed, balling
- scrap recyclingscrap, scrap yard, scrap yards, scrapyard, scrapyards
plastic pelletsplastic bottles
Molded polymer drink vessels
plastic containers · finished goods · finished products · plastic packaging · end products
plastic pelletsnatural fibers
Materials from living sources
wood chips · wood pellets · raw cotton · wool · cellulose
plastic pelletsorganic matter
Material from living sources
biodegradable materials · compostable materials · sand · plant seeds
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