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Multi-Functional Plastics Production Lab (M.F.P.P.L.)

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Living room scene, with objects strewn about

With your help, the Multi-Functional Plastics Production Lab (M.F.P.P.L.) will manufacture the missing items.

Just click the outline of a missing object. You'll find out what it is, the type of plastic material used to make it, and how it was made.

Thanks to our advisor, Prof. Robert Malloy of the University of Massachusetts Lowell Department of Plastics Engineering.

Milk Jug Frisbee Hula Hoop CD Jewel Case Egg Carton Sheet of Styrene Plastic Salad Oil Bottle Jelly Shoes Blister Packaging Garden Hose Two-Liter Bottle Clock Gears To-Go Container Sleeping Bag Fill Water Cooler Container Compact Disc Motorcycle Windshield Tabletop


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