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I did the history on plastic last time, so now I'll tell you about what people said when I asked them. The answers I got were mixed. Some thought it would be a better world, while some said it would not be. Some said it would be a healthier one, some said there would be allot more death and illnesses. Some said it would be cleaner, while others said there would be allot more garbage or waste of other resources.  All of these answers are right to some point.  We would be using more other natural materials for some things. Wood, metal, rubber and cloth.  There are so many ways to look at things. It all depends on how you are looking at things at the time.  I for one would think it could have been a better world if some of the plastics that are out there now were never invented. But there are some that are needed very much and have helped more then hurt, most of the time. Like for medical.    If there was no plastic, rubber could be used, may...

This is a question that has been bouncing around in my head for a couple of weeks. What triggered it? I was looking around at work at all the things that have plastic in them or is all plastic. Then I thought about all things in all of life that are some kind of plastic. I'm guessing that 90% of everything in our life is made of some form of plastic.  This got me to thinking about the history of plastic. So I looked it up. This is what I found. The first time plastic was revealed was in 1862 by a man named Alexander Parkes. He called it Parkesine. It was made from organic cellulose. It was suppose to do anything natural rubber could but cost less. This first attempt to mass produce was poor because he tried to reduce production costs. Just think of that, a factory trying to cut cost to make more profit. Now I know where that started. In 1869 celluloid was introduced. It was made from cotton fiber and the plant material camphor. Originally it was to be a cheaper substi...