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Topic: Why are so many things made of Plastic?

Photo: Montage of plastic goods Look around you. How many things are made of plastic? Who cares, right? Take a minute to think about what your life would be like without plastic. How would it change?
Why are so many things made of plastic?
 

Photo: Greek god ZeusGreek to Me!
Why we call it plastic.

Illustration: Baekeland's stillExperiment Gone Wrong!
The first plastic was an accident!
 

Photo: Natural gas stoveFrom Gas to Gameboy
Want to know where plastic comes from?

 

Illustration: MonomerPlastic's Secret Revealed!
Meet the molecule that changed the world.

Video:
Plastic Videos
 

Check out this issue's lineup of video clips.

 

 
  Animations:
Plastic Animation
 
 

Explore the innerworkings of plastic molecules.

 

 
  Quiz:
Plastic Animation
 
 

Test your plastics IQ with this quiz. Requires Flash 5.

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

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