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Plastics flooded the consumer market in the 1950's

Plastics revamped the consumer market with cheap, disposable versions of everyday products. 

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Billiard Balls

Plastic materials were first synthesized in labs  in an attempt to create a material that could be used to make billiard balls. billiard balls were traditionally made of ivory.

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Plastic &WWII

Plastic was first mass produced to create war goods during the second world war.  

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Post war manufacturers targeted consumer goods creating the plastic economy we know today.

Cheap, Durable, Disposable.

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