The word plastic originates from the Greek word plastikos, meaning to make. Plastic was invented in 1862 by Alexander Parkes of England. Parkesin (nitrocellulose) is considered the first man-made plastic.

Lets talk about some interesting facts about Plastic:

1. Plastic2Oil is a clean energy company. Plastic2Oil is the only company that recycles waste plastics to produce oil.

2. Around 500 billion to 1 trillion plastic bags are used every year worldwide

3. We only use one plastic bag for about 20 minutes, but its lifespan is much longer. Plastic bags take about 1,000 years to finish.

4. It takes about 450 years for a plastic bottle to perish in the ground.

5. An estimated 13 billion plastic bottles are disposed of each year.

6. Uses a lot of plastic to make cell phones. In 2016, 337,000 MT of plastic has been used.

7. 25,000 plastic bottles are made from 1 ton of plastic. Recycling 1 ton of plastic bottles saves 1.5 tons of carbon.

8. Plastic cups may take 50 - 80 years to rot.

9. 8 percent of the total oil in the world goes into plastic production.

10. A Plastic Bags can carry 2000 times more weight than its weight.

12. Recycle a plastic bottle can save so much energy that a 60W bulb can burn for 6 hours.

13. Rwanda is the only country in the world where plastics are completely banned.

14. In Beijing, a plastic bottle is used instead of the ticket for passengers to the subway. So that those bottles can be used again.

15. Most plastics are thrown into the sea which can be very harmful in future.

16. The expiry date written on the water bottle is for the bottle and not for the water.

17. Every year about 100,000 animals die due to plastic bags.