The problem with plastic — and the hopes we have for sustainable change

"Micro-plastics are present in our food and in our water and ‘green’ labelling on packaging cannot always be trusted, but there is hope for change"

It's time to consider our relationship with plastic and its production

Plastic is everywhere, but it didn’t become a problem until after 1871, when an American inventor, John Wesley Hyatt, began producing celluloid, the first semi-synthetic.

A call had been put out for someone to create billiard balls but without ivory, which was becoming scarce. The balls were made, but not without a propensity to explode.