Thermoplastic resin

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-027979",
  "term": "Thermoplastic resin",
  "field": "Environment",
  "term_source": "Thermoplastic Resin",
  "definition": "Thermoplastic resins (or thermoplastics) are plastic resins that will repeatedly become soft when heated and hard when cooled. Thermoplastics do not normally undergo a chemical change during forming. Plastic products manufacturing facilities usually purchase and use thermoplastics in solid pellet form for processing. An economic advantage of products made from thermoplastics is that they can be easily remanufactured or reprocessed.Thermoplastics account for the major share of domestic polymer production",
  "subject": "Chemical substances",
  "references": [
    "EPA Preferred and Alternative Methods for Estimating Air Emissions from Plastic Products Manufacturing at http://www.epa.gov/ttnchie1/eiip/techreport/volume02/ii11.pdf"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/thermoplastic-resin/"
}