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Who invented the plastic milk jug?
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#68223. Asked by caught_a_saint. (Jul 14 06 9:29 AM)
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Beeker75
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Whomever invented it did it in 1964, when the plastic milk container came into common use.
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zbeckabee
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Ah, but perhaps it was invented in 1963?
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What-A-Mess
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Polyethylene, #4 LDPE,was discovered largely by accident in 1933 by scientists working for ICI.
POLYETHYLENE (HIGH DENSITY) #2 HDPE (milk jug)
HDPE (high-density polyethylene) and crystalline polypropylene are both plastic products. In 1951, methods of manufacturing these plastics were invented by research chemists Paul Hogan and Robert Banks of Phillips Petroleum.
Became commercially viable in 1967.
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