The Plastic Timeline
Angela
Created on January 19, 2020
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PlasticsTIMELINE
A Plastic Free World?
First man-made plastic 1862
CELLULOID
1860s
Celluloid entered production in 1872
1870s
Celluloid made at low costs
1880s
Bakelite Cellophane
1900-1910
shellac
1890s
polyethylene
Viscose Rayon synthesised
Cellophane patented
Gradually plastics started replacing natural substances used by Man.
Acrylic invented
VINYL OR PVC
1920s
neoprene
1930s
Polyester Film
1940s
Teflon in vented
kevlar
1960s
Polystyrene by BASF
POLYESTER
1950s
1980s
Plexiglas invented
Nylon invented
Polycarbonate invented
Polypropylene invented
High-density Polyethylene bottles
1977
The plastic bag is introduced to the grocery industry as an alternate option to paper shopping bags
PLASTIC POLLUTION
Grand explosion of plastic objects