Plastics: A Great Future Indeed
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In the iconic 1967 film, The Graduate, the character of Mr. McGuire pulls aside a young Benjamin Braddock, a recent college graduate and shares what has become a prophetic bit of advice: “I just want to say one word to you... plastics... There’s a great future in plastics.”
Indeed, fabricated plastics and their resin derivatives have become ubiquitous, serving as the key components used in manufacturing, construction, agriculture, healthcare, and the production of countless other durable and non-durable goods.
Since The Graduate was, iro...
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