A 2024 Norway-funded research recognized 16,000 chemical compounds current or utilized in plastics.
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In 1957, an Indian plastic-packaging maker chronicled the joyful destiny of a hosiery model that had begun wrapping its merchandise in plastic. The consequence, he wrote in an Indian every day, was a 65% bounce in gross sales.
Paper, wooden, aluminium, tin and different containers had been available on the market for many years, however have been opaque. “It is well known that when a customer sees what he wants, he is more apt to want what he can see,” wrote G.R. Bhide, an government at Plastics Packaging Pvt. Ltd.
Published – April 22, 2026 08:45 pm IST
