At the 1862 London International Exhibition, an inventor by the name of Andrew Parkes introduced a new product based on cellulose that he called Parkesine.

Little did he know that this material which could be made elastic when heated and molded into almost any shape imaginable would be the basis for an enormous percentage of the materials in common use in the 21st century. 

Learn more about plastics, how they were invented and how they are used in the modern world, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.

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