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    Plastic is a material made from synthetic or semi-synthetic organic polymers that can be molded into solid objects. Plastics are typically high molecular mass organic polymers that are usually derived from petrochemicals, though some are made from renewable sources like corn or cotton. Plastics have many uses like packaging, buildings, vehicles, furniture, and medical devices due to their low cost, ease of manufacture, versatility and resistance to water. The first fully synthetic plastic was bakelite, invented in 1907, and plastics have largely replaced traditional materials in many products and applications. However, the slow decomposition of plastics after disposal has led to environmental concerns that are now addressed by increased recycling efforts.

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    Plastic is a material made from synthetic or semi-synthetic organic polymers that can be molded into solid objects. Plastics are typically high molecular mass organic polymers that are usually derived from petrochemicals, though some are made from renewable sources like corn or cotton. Plastics have many uses like packaging, buildings, vehicles, furniture, and medical devices due to their low cost, ease of manufacture, versatility and resistance to water. The first fully synthetic plastic was bakelite, invented in 1907, and plastics have largely replaced traditional materials in many products and applications. However, the slow decomposition of plastics after disposal has led to environmental concerns that are now addressed by increased recycling efforts.

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    Plastic is a material made from synthetic or semi-synthetic organic polymers that can be molded into solid objects. Plastics are typically high molecular mass organic polymers that are usually derived from petrochemicals, though some are made from renewable sources like corn or cotton. Plastics have many uses like packaging, buildings, vehicles, furniture, and medical devices due to their low cost, ease of manufacture, versatility and resistance to water. The first fully synthetic plastic was bakelite, invented in 1907, and plastics have largely replaced traditional materials in many products and applications. However, the slow decomposition of plastics after disposal has led to environmental concerns that are now addressed by increased recycling efforts.

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    Plastic is material consisting of any of a wide range of synthetic or semi-synthetic organic

    compounds that are malleable and so can be molded into solid objects.
    Plasticity is the general property of all materials which can deform irreversibly without breaking
    but, in the class of moldable polymers, this occurs to such a degree that their actual name
    derives from this specific ability.
    Plastics are typically organic polymers of high molecular mass and often contain other
    substances. They are usually synthetic, most commonly derived from petrochemicals, however,
    an array of variants are made from renewable materials such as polylactic acid from corn or
    cellulosics from cotton linters.[2]
    Due to their low cost, ease of manufacture, versatility, and imperviousness to water, plastics are
    used in a multitude of products of different scale, including paper clips and spacecraft. They have
    prevailed over traditional materials, such as wood, stone, horn and bone, leather, metal, glass,
    and ceramic, in some products previously left to natural materials.
    In developed economies, about a third of plastic is used in packaging and roughly the same in
    buildings in applications such as piping, plumbing or vinyl siding.[3] Other uses include
    automobiles (up to 20% plastic[3]), furniture, and toys.[3] In the developing world, the applications
    of plastic may differ—42% of India's consumption is used in packaging.[3]
    Plastics have many uses in the medical field as well, with the introduction of polymer implants
    and other medical devices derived at least partially from plastic. The field of plastic surgery is not
    named for use of plastic materials, but rather the meaning of the word plasticity, with regard to
    the reshaping of flesh.
    The world's first fully synthetic plastic was bakelite, invented in New York in 1907 by Leo
    Baekeland[4] who coined the term 'plastics'.[5] Many chemists have contributed to the materials
    science of plastics, including Nobel laureate Hermann Staudinger who has been called "the
    father of polymer chemistry" and Herman Mark, known as "the father of polymer physics".[6]
    The success and dominance of plastics starting in the early 20th century led to environmental
    concerns regarding its slow decomposition rate after being discarded as trash due to its
    composition of large molecules. Toward the end of the century, one approach to this problem
    was met with wide efforts toward recycling.

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