Plastic: It’s Not All the Same The History of Polyethylene
Almost every product in the 21st century requires plastic in one form or another. The invention of plastic endures as one of the greatest achievements
Almost every product in the 21st century requires plastic in one form or another. The invention of plastic endures as one of the greatest achievements
Shaping the World Through Polyethylene (Article 1 of 2 in the series) With the shake of a hand, in the 1967 movie The Graduate, Mr McGuire
In 2022, if one seeks out trends in the plastics world, then talk about “single use plastics” surely scores high. This trend began some years
The words “survivalist” or “survivalism” summon to mind a range of images, even emotions. For some these words evoke a picture of preparedness, security, and
It was not until the last one hundred years or so that plastic became the name for a category of substances called polymers. Just for fun, let’s
Plastics improve life in innumerable ways. Our English word “plastic” comes from the Latin word plasticus and the Greek word plastikos. These mean “able to be molded or formed.”
With this concluding segment of our series, we turn our attentions to polymers in particular. The 2020s have wrought changes in all segments of society,
Politics and public opinion go a long way toward steering any industry, and the plastics industry is no different. In the 2020s, the public’s rising
Plastics improve quality of life. Those of us in the plastics industry see this every day. Just the same, from time to time, it helps,