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Choose a Page:What are materials?What materials come from plants?How is paper made?What are composites?What do we get from crude oil?*How is plastic recycled?* How is plastic recycled? Waste plastic is loaded into a furnace and heated. The gas given off is then separated in a distillation column. Wax and tar collect at the bottom, while lighter gases collect further up. Some of the gas is fed back to fuel the furnace.   Previous: Back Book: Best Ever Q&A Section: Science & Technology Chapter: Materials