How to recognize nylon from plastic?

Nylon is one kind of plastic so we should say nylon belongs to plastic.Nylon polymers have found significant commercial applications in fibers (apparel, flooring and rubber reinforcement), in shapes (molded parts for cars, electrical equipment, etc.), and in films (mostly for food packaging).All in all,nylon is widely used in our daily life but do harm to our environment if we deal with it wrongly.By the way,nylon is a main material for handles for fungi-proofing which  global,Jialifu,Bobrick often uses.hope it helps.