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The Uses for Plastic

Plastics have become major design materials of the 21st century and they are increasingly shaping the objects we use and rely on every day. Compared to long-established materials, wood, metal, glass and ceramics, the plastics industry is a late arrival. It now enjoys a well-documented history. Plastics design has evolved into its own distinctive industrial aesthetic. Traditionally associated with shiny, rounded shapes and gaudy colors, objects made of plastic now have more refined forms, sharper edges and softer, friendlier finishes.

Plastic products include: apparel, dishware, furniture, containers, tools (cooking, military, medical, technological), and more. It is said that there are well over a billion different plastic products world wide and that it is almost impossible to go a day without
seeing it. Even now as your reading this text, it's only possible
through a plastic framed electronic display.