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The first human-made plastic was invented by Alexander Parkes in 1862; he called this plastic "Parkesine." The first plastic based on a synthetic polymer was made from phenol and formaldehyde, with the first viable and cheap synthesis methods invented in 1909 by Leo Hendrik Baekeland.
Plastic was invented in 1855 and was put into public and commercial use in 1862.

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