like soda bottles and common water bottle brands, have plastic or paper labels that are affixed with a strong glue, such as water-based or hot melt adhesive. This durable, powerful adhesive ...

Then, the PET plastic bottles pass through a machine that shreds them into flakes. These flakes are melted down and turned into hard pellets. At another factory, the pellets are melted again, and ...

Narrator: The mix of pellets and color is melted and sent into the injection molding machine. This machine is where the actual bottles are made. At the molding machine, plastic is then inflated ...

Why do plastic bags look and feel so different to plastic containers, such as soft drink bottles or yogurt tubs? The ...