What would the world be like if plastic had never been invented?
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...
