Typical costs: Installing laminate flooring is a relatively common weekend project for two people with intermediate-level do-it-yourself skills. Low-cost laminate starts around 90 cents-$2 for thinner flooring (6-7mm). With some additional costs for underlayment and matching baseboards/trim, it can run $450-$950 for basic laminate materials for a 20x20-square-foot living room.
In the manufacture of pens, the use of the term âresinâ usually implies a material of higher quality than the more plebeian polystyrene or ABS that low-priced pens are made from. Low-priced pens are made of thermoplastic resins that are injection molded to shape.
Many plastic toys are made of polyvinyl chloride (aka PVC or vinyl), a type of plastic that is made with phthalates. Phthalates leach out of various products and into our blood streams, and are implicated in reproductive disorders and respiratory problems. Theyâre also found in some pacifiers, teethers and chew toys.