Plastic: A Toxic Love Story

By Susan Freinkel

Book Overview

Plastic built the modern world. Where would we be without bike helmets, baggies, toothbrushes, and pacemakers? But a century into our love affair with plastic, we're starting to realize it's not such... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 161793366X
• ISBN13: 9781617933660
• Release Date: January 2011
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
• Length: 324 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.

Customer Reviews

fascinating history and discussion of this amazing material

The book does a great job talking about the history of plastic and our complicated relationship with it by telling the story of six common objects: a comb, chair, Frisbee, IV bag, disposable lighter, grocery bag, soda bottle, and credit card. highly recommended