Resources (Invention)
Assigned Readings
- Benefits of Plastics, website, SPI: The Plastics Industry Trade Association. (Industry, Invention)
- Burke, Monte. “Plastic Man.” Forbes.com, December 23, 2002. (Invention)
- Der Hovanesian, Mara. “I Have Just One Word for You: Bioplastics.” Bloomburg Businessweek Magazine, August 13, 2008. (Sustainability, Invention)
- Howard, Brian Clark. “Green Chemistry Discovery Could Lead to Safer Plastics.” Atlantic, Technology Blog, March 15, 2011. (Invention, Sustainability)
- Interbrand.com. “Scott Vitters, General Manager, PlantbottleTM Packaging, Coca-Cola.” Audio interview. (Industry, Sustainability, Invention)
- Knoblauch, Jessica. “The Environmental Toll of Plastics.” Environmental Health News, July 2, 2009. (Health, Industry, Invention, Sustainability, Waste)
- University of Cambridge. “Plastic Electronics.” Video, 2012. (Invention)
- University of Cambridge. “Plastic Logic: From Innovation to Impact.” August 1, 2009. (Invention)
Other Sources
- Beyer, Eben. Are Mushrooms the New Plastic? Video, TED Talks, July 2010. (Sustainability, Invention)
- Bioplastic Innovation website. (Sustainability, Invention)
- Bytesize Science. “Prized Science – Robert Langley: A Founding Father of Tissue Engineering.” Video, 2012. (Invention)
- Coca-Cola Company. 2011/2012 Coca-Cola Sustainability Report, November 7, 2012. (Industry, Sustainability, Invention)
- “Design Landmarks.” European Plastics News website. (Invention)
- Environmental Protection Agency, Green Chemistry website. (Invention, Sustainability)
- Flatow, Ira. “Building Bridges from Plastic Shampoo Bottles.” Audio, NPR, Talk of the Nation: Science Friday, December 23, 2011. (Invention)
- Freinkel, Susan. “Plastic: Too Good to Throw Away.” New York Times, March 17, 2011. (Health, Industry, Invention, Sustainability, Waste)
- Gunther, Marc. “Coca-Cola’s New PlantBottle Sows Path to Greener Packaging.” Audio, Greenbiz.com, December 1, 2009. (Industry, Invention)
- Kim, Sun Joo. “Europe’s First Bridge Made from Recycled Plastic.” SmartPlanet.com, October 31, 2011. (Invention, Industry)
- Plastics Europe. “Uses of Plastics.” (Invention)
- PlasticsMakeItPossible.com. “New Plastics.” American Chemistry Council. (Invention, Sustainability)
- “Recycled Plastic Bridge Supports Tank.” Video, 2009. (Invention)
- Society of the Plastics Industry. “History of Plastics.” Video, 2009. (Invention)
- Society of the Plastics Industry. “Scott Vitters of Coca-Cola at Sustain ’08.” Video, 2009. (Industry, Invention)
- University of Cambridge. “Plastic Electronics: A Neat Solution.” March 2012. (Invention)
Print Sources
- ”Autos: Plastic Ford Unveiled,” Time Magazine, August 25, 1941.
- Fenichell, Stephen. Plastic: The Making of a Synthetic Century. New York: Harper Collins, 1996.
- Freinkel, Susan. Plastics: A Toxic Love Story. New York: Henry Holt, 2011.
- Hohn, Donovan. “Moby Duck, or, the Synthetic Wilderness of Childhood.” Harper’s Magazine, July 2007.
- Humes, Edward. Garbology: Our Dirty Love Affair with Trash. New York: Avery, 2012.
- Murphy, W. “Carl Walter: A Pioneer in Shaping the Medical Device Industry.” American Journal of Surgery 148 (1984).
- Nicholson, Joseph L., and George R. Leighton. “Plastics Come of Age.” Harper’s Magazine, August 1942.
- Royte, Elizabeth. “Corn Plastic to the Rescue.” Smithsonian Magazine, August 2006.
- Tierney, John. “Recycling Is Garbage.” New York Times, June 30, 1996.
- Tullo, Alex. “Valuing Bioplastics.” Chemical & Engineering News, July 15, 2013.