Over the course of the last 70 years, plastic has become an increasingly significant global commodity, impacting nearly every aspect of human life. During the 1950s, plastic production was around ...
Only a fraction of the plastic we use is actually recycled. Since the 1950s, only 9% of plastic has been recycled. • Our plastic waste is no longer shipped off to Southeast Asia since the Basel ...
At last you could go to the toilet in the warm! Plastic toys became very popular in the 1950s. In 1958 the modern Lego brick was invented in Denmark and became available around the world.
While plastic has revolutionised our way of life since it was invented in the 1950s, the problem is that most of the plastic that’s been made still exists. The amount of plastic in the ocean is ...
Hamilton County Public Health likewise reported “55-gallon drums and plastic shavings” at the site, which operated from the 1950s to 1973. In 1992, pesticides and herbicides were found in the ...