Born in the 20th century and grew up in the 21st century, my life involves many new development and invention from head to toe and every aspects to benefit our life. Things are changing around us very dramatically and very quickly in each century subject to the demand and resources change. Modern inventions cover from hardware, technology, manufacturing, information, medical, education, telecommunication, sport and even food. I would say that several modern invention that have connected things together and mostly comes from plastic base. We are in the plastic society. Anybody who claims that they don’t want to use plastic, they couldn’t deny that they still depend on plastic from sunrise to sunset by using products that are made from plastic. Therefore, we need to know how to cope with its advantage and disadvantage and how to take care of today world environmental problem which half of the problems are from plastic production.
There are several definitions of invention but the simple definition is the creative process from brainstorming, developing, studying, experimenting, patent and leading to production and manufacturing. Several inventions were made and change the way we lived such as from simple life to the modern living. From 19th century till today which we have read from publication or seen on TV all the times, we have seen thousands new inventions from all sectors. However, I would say most of those several inventions required the basic materials that help inventors to move forward in term of idea and production. That is plastic.
Plastic has been around more than 150 years. Its history began in 1839 with Charles Goodyear, the chemist who accidently discovered the process of vulcanization, making rubber more durable and since World War II, the pace has picked up and a number of plastics have been created and continue to be used every day. . After WWII, there were many innovation and invention