Jotting It My Way

Plastic, since its inception has taken each and every corner of the world by storm. We sleep while being surrounded by it and when we wake up, 80% of us check our smartphones (which of course are made mostly of plastic components) even before stepping out of the bed. While we move around in the day, we will increasingly notice the prevalence of plastic in our daily lives. Plastic has become an inevitable component within the mankind for sure, which surely would have been great only if it was devoid of some inherent difficulties and inconveniences. Plastic is a word that originally meant “pliable and easily shaped.” It recently became a name for the category of materials called polymers. The word polymer means “of many parts” and polymers are made of long chains of molecules. Brief History: In the early days, packaging and storage materials were predominantly of metals, glass or other durable materials. As time passed, there arose need of a cheaper alternative that can be ma...