Plastic

Materials1907Leo BaekelandUSA
InventorLeo Baekeland
Year1907
CategoryMaterials
OriginUSA

About Plastic

Bakelite was the first fully synthetic plastic. Baekeland called it the material of a thousand uses. Before this, natural plastics like shellac were used. Now over 380 million tons of plastic are produced annually. Microplastics are found everywhere, including human blood.

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