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Give one use of Polyethene.

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Polyethene is used to make e.g. carrier bags, shampoo bottles and food wraps.

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Polyethene is used to make light weight carrier bags, the plastic that insulates wires and cables and plastic bottles. The products that it can make depends whether it is LDPE (low-density polyethene) which is flexible or HDPE (high-density polyethene) which is rigid.

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