Know Your Plastic with Corona EP.4

The term “plastic” refers broadly to any material that can be shaped or molded into a specific form. Before modern-day plastics were created, glass and clay were considered “plastics,” along with other naturally occurring substances such as like rubber and tree-gums. Dr. Leo Baekeland introduced a unique substance called Bakelite back in 1907. It was the first entirely synthetic plastic material produced by phenol a derivative of coal tar. This new material was lightweight, strong, heat-resistant, basically the bees-knees. In no time plastic products were everywhere, radios, kitchenware, jewelry, and toys were all being manufactured using this newfangled substance. Since the birth of this miracle substance, it was worked its way into our lives, it’s hard to think of a world without it. But how sweet and pure that world would be.  Three common themes exist when it comes to combating your consumption of the worlds most villainous synthetic. It’s a saying we are all familiar with: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. Well seeing as it’s 2018, it’s about time that slogan linked up with a plastic surgeon and got a facelift. The transformation still carrying the same weight but with a new angle. We give you the all-new, same, but different: Reduce, […]