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Plastics History

Watch The Fourth Kingdom (1938), a promotional film by the Bakelite Corporation that presents Bakelite as part of a fourth kingdom created by chemical research. Credit: Reindert Groot and the Amsterdam Bakelite Collection.

Watch Plastics (1944), a film about growth in the plastics industry.

Did you Know?

If 27 million people across Canada throw away three toothbrushes this year, this would create the equivalent of a plastic rope the thickness of your little finger that stretched all the way from Toronto to Tokyo. Read more facts

Plastic on Canada's Shores

Interested to know what types of plastics wash up on the shorelines of Canada? Here's what the Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup found in 2007:

• Bags (mostly plastic) - 74,276
• Caps, Lids - 63,471
• Cups, Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons - 40,799
• Beverage Bottles (plastic 2 liters or less) - 37,618
• Straws, Stirrers - 29,925

External Links

• Society of Plastics Industry: more about the resin identification coding system
• Environment Canada: Find out about recycling in your city
• Green Evolution Consulting: David Siddiqui's site
• Toward a Zero Waste Future
• Science Museum: Plasticity Exhibit
• Environmental Claims: A Guide for Industry and Advertisers
• Waste Management Industry Survey: Business and Government Sectors
• Plastic Recycling and Public Perception: report by David Siddiqui
• The Association of Municipal Recycling Coordinators (AMRC) and Association of Municpalties of Ontario (AMO) Discussion Paper on Alternative Approaches to Ontario's Blue Box Funding Model
• Ontario Plastics Market Development Strategy (study commissioned by Stewardship Ontario and the Plastic Association which examined ways to improve plastics recycling in Ontario)
• Think Plastics Inc.
• Stuart Haygarth
• From Now to Eternity Exhibit
• Interplast Packaging
• Recyclable Materials Marketing
• Evergreen Brick Works
• Gallery MKG 127

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