I know its fairly new, because i didn't see any of them in war films. From what i know, containers and little stuff were made out of tin, back then.. whereas, bigger products or furnitures were made out of steel. like hospital bed. So, just want to know, when did it started to be mass-produced, and the background of it.... meaning, you can find it anywhere in your house and everywhere, in general.On other hand, didn't gun casing were made out of plastics?. So, that's one more thing that comes to mind, so people been using it, already that long since. So.... when exactly plastics being used in common everyday stuff
confusing stuff. look into google. this could actually help!
Most plastics were introduced in the 1960's as by products of the petroleum refining. You had bakelite - resin type plastics which is probably what you are thinking of - also nylon. Bakelite was popular for radio casings. In the old days (ie 40 years ago) in Britian you went shopping and the greengrocer chucked your fruit and veg straight into your shopping bag (which everyone carried with them - meat was wrapped in paper and bottles were glass - often with a deposit paid on them. Supermarkets had not really caught on and there was nothing like the packaging there is now. Things came in glass jars or were canned (popular during the war) - and people bought stuff fresh as not everyone had refrigerators (ice boxes as you might say).
