History  Plastic as invention is attributed to Leo Hendrik
Baekeland sold the first one called Bakelite in 1909 .
Throughout the twentieth century the use of plastic became
extremely popular and came to replace other traditional
materials in both the domestic, industrial and
comercial.Propiedades and Features  Plastic bags Coca-Cola
bottle plastic. Plastics are composed of organic macromolecules
substances called polymers. These polymers are large groups of
monomers linked by a chemical process called polymerization.
Plastics provide the necessary balance of properties that can
not be achieved with other materials such as: color, light
weight, nice touch and resistance to environmental degradation
and biologica.De fact, plastic refers to a condition of the
material, but not material itself: synthetic polymers commonly
called plastics are actually synthetic materials that can reach
the plastic state, ie when the material is viscous or fluid, and
has properties of resistance to mechanical stress. This state is