From Oil Well to Plastic Bottle
In short: The film traces the industrial journey of a PET bottle from petroleum extraction and chemical synthesis to stretch blow moulding and its eventual environmental impact.
A 1:39 short film in the series “Journey of a Thing”, narrated by intellect_voice_01.
Sources used in this film: National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), “Synthesis of terephthalic acid via Diels-Alder reactions with ethylene and oxidized variants of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural”; NPTEL, “Microsoft Word - Lecture 2 .docx”; Britannica, “Cracking | Catalytic, Hydrocarbon, Reforming | Britannica”; Nature, “A comparative study of mono ethylene glycol economic production via different techniques”; Museum of Design in Plastics, “Injection stretch blow moulding | Museum of Design in Plastics”; SIPA, “The evolution of integrated PET bottling lines”; Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), “1854363”; Museum of Design in Plastics, “Case study - water bottle | Museum of Design in Plastics”; National Geographic, “How the plastic bottle went from miracle container to hated garbage”; Yale University (Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute), “Unit 08.07.06 | Yale National Initiative®”; DLG (Deutsche Landwirtschaftsgesellschaft), “DLG Expert report 04/2016: Packaging material made from polyethylene terephthalate (PET)”.
Sources used in this film
- National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) — Synthesis of terephthalic acid via Diels-Alder reactions with ethylene and oxidized variants of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural · View →
- NPTEL — Microsoft Word - Lecture 2 .docx · View →
- Britannica — Cracking | Catalytic, Hydrocarbon, Reforming | Britannica · View →
- Nature — A comparative study of mono ethylene glycol economic production via different techniques · View →
- Museum of Design in Plastics — Injection stretch blow moulding | Museum of Design in Plastics · View →
- SIPA — The evolution of integrated PET bottling lines · View →
- Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI) — 1854363 · View →
- Museum of Design in Plastics — Case study - water bottle | Museum of Design in Plastics · View →
- National Geographic — How the plastic bottle went from miracle container to hated garbage · View →
- Yale University (Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute) — Unit 08.07.06 | Yale National Initiative® · View →
- DLG (Deutsche Landwirtschaftsgesellschaft) — DLG Expert report 04/2016: Packaging material made from polyethylene terephthalate (PET) · View →
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Sources
- Summary by Intellect · source: National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI): Synthesis of terephthalic acid via Diels-Alder reactions with ethylene and oxidized variants of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural
- Also: NPTEL: Microsoft Word - Lecture 2 .docx
- Also: Encyclopaedia Britannica: Cracking | Catalytic, Hydrocarbon, Reforming | Britannica
- Also: Nature: A comparative study of mono ethylene glycol economic production via different techniques
- Also: Museum of Design in Plastics: Injection stretch blow moulding | Museum of Design in Plastics
- Also: SIPA: The evolution of integrated PET bottling lines
- Also: Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI): 1854363
- Also: Museum of Design in Plastics: Case study - water bottle | Museum of Design in Plastics
- Also: National Geographic: How the plastic bottle went from miracle container to hated garbage
- Also: Yale University (Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute): Unit 08.07.06 | Yale National Initiative®
- Also: DLG (Deutsche Landwirtschaftsgesellschaft): DLG Expert report 04/2016: Packaging material made from polyethylene terephthalate (PET)
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