An Introduction to the History of Plastics
Dow Plastics Portfolio
ExxonMobil Polyethylene home
All about Polyethylene
At the Battle of the Bag site at CBC, more documentaries about the promises of plastic and the dominance of the plastic bag may be watched, including this archival video The Kingdom of Plastic from 1945:
FreeVideoCoding.com
Read an article about biodegradable plastic bags
Kids Turn in 39,000 plastic bags
An article about the Environmental Impact of Plastic Bags
Green Concern Closes Largest Plastic Bag Manufacturer in China
Read: Paper vs Plastic: The Shopping Bag Debate
A Little lesson on how plastic bags are made from Chemical and Engineering News
No Bag, Thanks from ABC Australia
12 Amazing Things Made from Plastic Bags, a slideshow
(featuring some of Ryan Frank's free-range furniture)
Here's a video from Reuter's about Turning Trash (plastic bags) into Kites: desirable aesthetic objects (that can delay becoming waste —for awhile).
Want to make your own plastic bag kite? Here's one way to do it:
More art made from plastic bags
A green from paper bag puppet from Art in English dot com:
U.S. Senator Larry Craig Paper Bag Mask (downloadable pdf). Mask looks like this:
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