Society's use of plastic tanks has grown immensely over the last few decades. The expansion of different types of plastic for different uses has largely helped expand the use of plastic tanks. Plastic water tanks have made it so that water can be cleanly stored for use at particular times. Other plastic tanks and their improved applications in the area of storage, such as storing chemicals and sewerage, has helped in keeping our environment safe and clean.

There are many uses for plastic water tanks. Some uses are for storing rainwater outside of residential homes. This not only saves on using public water that has chemicals in it, it puts the natural rain water in use that would have otherwise seeped back into the ground. Many home gardeners prefer rain water for their vegetables and yard. Businesses have started conserving water through these plastic water storage tanks for watering their commercial sites. There are also many other different types of tanks such as RV water tanks, wash and catalyst water tanks, collapsible containment tanks and portable water storage tanks.

Chemicals and sewage are stored in other types of plastic storage tanks. These tanks ensure that there will not be any leakage through special processing that modern technology has made available. Medical wastes are also put to rest in these other type of plastic storage tanks. In the past, metal barrels were used for storing hazardous wastes. Unfortunately, these barrels frequently started leaking over time. With plastic and the way it now can be processed, this leakage problem of the past has mainly been resolved.

With the growth in the amount of people, their need for water especially in drought ridden places, and the need for our society to store hazardous materials safely and indefinitely, plastic has been our savior. Without these plastic water tanks, plastic water storage tanks and other plastic tanks, our country would be facing some very difficult choices on how to keep us safe.