What natural resources are plastic gloves made out of?

Question

When I go to the doctor to get my legs wrapped in the bandages, she changes her plastic gloves 4 or 5 times. If she does this with everybody, think about how much plastic is getting thrown away.

Answer 1

Plastics are mostly made from petroleum products

Answer 2

a lot. some plastic gloves are made out of latex, which is a synthetic resourse or manmade resource. Nitrile is used in some cases to make plastic gloves and is a substitute for latex

Answer 3

fossil fuel.

Answer 4

Your doctor may not wear plastic gloves; she might wear rubber gloves made from latex rubber from rubber trees grown in tropical climates. Thailand is a major producer of these gloves as well as condoms.

Here's a link to more information:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latex

Answer 5

ethylene, which is made from ethane, which comes from natural gas. also water for processing, natural gas for furnaces, additives for making specific types of plastic