Students could be asked to summarise the entire process from crude oil formation to plastics in a flow chart ... plant and learns how glass is made and the raw materials used are described.

2 The fossil fuel industry plans to increase plastic production by 40% over the next decade. These oil giants are rapidly building petrochemical plants across the United States to turn fracked gas ...

Crude oil can be separated into different fractions ... alkenes and plastics Alkanes are useful as fuels and alkenes are used to make chemicals such as plastic, which is a polymer.