Timelines - Plastics History

Plastics are invented things - they did not exist several hundred years ago. Follow any of the links before to learn more about the inventions of plastics over time.

• about.com - The History of Plastics
• americanchemistory.com - the history of plastic
• plasticsindustry.org - History of Plastics- narrative history - with focus on United States
• plasticstech.info - The Plastic Timeline & History- starts 1000BC with use of resins in China.
  
• plastipedia.co.uk - A History of Plastics - includes a short (5 minutes) video, and poster-style images by time period. (from the British Plastics Federation)
• plastiquarian.com - People and Polymers - click on the little gold buttons for more information
• plastiquarian.com - Timeline
• polymerplastics.com - History of Plastics

See also:

• Timelines - Plastics Longevity to find how how many hundreds of years a given piece of plastic debris will continue to exist in the ocean.