EARLY HISTORY (1862- 1933) : In 1862, Alexander Parkes was the first person to introduce plastic in the world which was known as ‘Parkesine’. In 1872, American inventor John Wesley Hyatt developed a plastic material called as ‘Celluloid’. However, its flammability prevented its use in the mass production. In the beginning of 20th century, first synthetic plastic called ‘Bakelite’ was …
