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Tag results: Plastic history

Braids of Nylon, Everywhere

How braided nylon became such a hip part of our charging cables. Long story short: people like it when their cables feel like rope!

Wrapped Up

Discussing the radiant techniques required to shrink-wrap an object before you buy it. You can thank frozen turkeys for making it possible.

Tangential Juice Innovation

The story of how we got the juice box is really the story of how we got a lot of other things first. And those things look like rabbit holes.

Blister In The Store

Why plastic blister packs and clamshell packs, despite the near-universal frustration they create among consumers, have become a truism of consumer goods.

Pure Polycarbonate

Nintendo copied Apple, while Apple copied Braun. Why are there so many electronics made of white polycarbonate, no matter the decade?

Bend, Don’t Break

When new innovations in rubber and plastic hit during the 19th and 20th centuries, hair combs usually had them first—especially in unbreakable form.

It’s Not Styrofoam

Once seen as an incredibly innovative, lightweight material, expanded polystyrene foam is now just a big problem—in part because it’s so hard to recycle.

Lemony Fresh

Lemon juice has long come in containers shaped like lemons. In the U.K., the containers hold an important legacy—both with pancakes and the legal system.
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