Editing Power tool (section)

==Uses==
[[File:Hychika tools exhibition room.jpg|thumb|Diverse power tools]]
Power tools are used in industry, in [[construction]], in [[renovation]], in the garden, for [[Homemaking|housework]] tasks such as [[Outline of food preparation#Food preparation techniques|cooking]], [[housekeeping|cleaning]], and [[Do it yourself|around the house]] for purposes of driving ([[fastener]]s), [[drill]]ing, [[saw|cutting]], shaping, [[sander|sanding]], [[Grinding (abrasive cutting)|grinding]], [[router (woodworking)|routing]], [[polishing]], painting, [[metalworking]], [[woodworking]], heating and more. 

Using hand and power tools to cut plastic materials during construction activities can generate [[microplastics]]. Airborne microplastics is a type of [[particulates]]. Further studies are needed "on the different types of cutting tools and their associated MP production".<ref name=IrelandEPA>{{Citation | publisher=[[EPA (Ireland)]] | title=Sources, Pathways and Environmental Fate of Microplastics| url=https://www.epa.ie/publications/research/environment--health/Research_Report-430.pdf | section=2.3.1 and 6.2 | date=March 2023 | access-date=22 Dec 2024}}</ref>