Plastic Collection

Yellow Rubber Duck and blue ducks at Great British Duck Race
Mass of blue rubber ducks and a yellow one at the Great British Duck Race

Bakelite telephone. Dial telephone with bakelite casing. Bakelite, the first plastic to be used for widespread commercial purposes

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Turtle eating a plastic cup drifting in the middle Date:

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Common bottlenose dolphin playing with a six Date:

A young boy sledging down a grassy bank
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Optical computing. Coloured light micrograph of a section through a hybrid electronic-optical circuit board. Optical waveguides (red) are used to transmit data in the form of light pulses

Ocypus olens, devils coach horse beetle model
A large scale model of the devils coach horse beetle (Ocypus olens). A beetle that is commonly found beneath logs. Held within the Natural History Museum, London

TUPPERWARE PARTY, 1950s. A Tupperware party in an American home. Advertising photograph, 1950

The Mobil Pegasus Logo - Perspex sign
The red logo advertising Mobil and Mobiloil, the winged horse of ancient myth, Pegasus, flying through the sky at great speed! A plastic perspex sign. *EDITORIAL USE ONLY* Date: 1960s

Ariel low temperature washing powder gel - Close up of plastic bottle UK
MAB-1220 Ariel low temperature washing powder gel - Close up of plastic bottle UK Mark Boulton contact details: prints@ardea.com tel: +44 (0) 20 8318 1401

Eye mask. This gel filled mask is cooled in a refrigerator before being placed on the face. The cooling effect is claimed to relieve tired eyes

Rubber ducks

Rubber duck in a foamy bath

Police evidence bags for illegal drugs
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Great British Duck Race 2008
Yellow rubber duck at the Great British Duck Race

Toy duck floating on water

Rubber ducks in a foamy bath

Great British Duck Race 2008
Mass of blue rubber ducks and a yellow one at the Great British Duck Race

Plastic food dishes visual menu in Osaka, Japan

Two women police officers in gas masks, London, WW2
Two women police officers in gas masks in London during the Second World War. One of them is Florence Bragg (joined November 1936). Date: 1940s

Compost / wormery - worms visible amongst variety of kitchen waste including vegetable and fruit peelings
MAB-391 Compost / wormery - worms visible amongst variety of kitchen waste including vegetable and fruit peelings and cardboard in top of black plastic recycled composting bin UK Mark Boulton Please

Art Deco Bathroom
An Art Deco style bathroom suite, with a shower fitting over the bath and plastic shower curtain

Roanoid bakelite doorknob and keyhole cover in marbled cream and brown. Date: 1930s

Beachcomber, Marloes
A beachcomber with his pet Jack Russell dog on the beach at Marloes, Pembrokeshire, South Wales. He carries an old plastic stool and a boat fender he has found on the beach

Blouse made from a silk escape map, 1940s. Creator: Unknown
Blouse made from a silk escape map, 1940s. During World War II many materials were unavailable to the public because of government rationing

The French Resistance - WWII (1 / 3)
Thanks to the parachute drop of plastic explosive, the French resitance were able to blow up the track. This enabled them to intercept a German train heading for the border on the line from Marseille

North America, USA, California, San Diego. Sea World, plastic flamingo with sun glasses

Safety glasses. Safety glasses are usually made with shatter-resistant plastic lenses to protect the eye from flying debris. The sort seen here are often used in science laboratories

Heart in space heading towards a vortex, conceptual image

Snowman toy, simulated X-ray
Snowman toy. Simulated X-ray of a novelty snowman toy. The mechanism of cogs and electronics inside the toy causes it to play music and move

Mathematical equipment
Mathematics equipment. Protractor (left), a pair of compasses and pencil (centre top), a pen (right) and an electronic calculator (lower centre)

A man brushing his teeth
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Fifteen brightly coloured buckets, mainly yellow and blue, for sale, Skegness, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Strandline plastic litter, Freshwater West, Pembrokeshire Coast National Park
Andrew Davies / SpecialistStock

Chips made from recycled plastic bottles are seen before being processed at the Weeco plastic recycling factory at the Athi River industrial zone near Nairobi, Kenya, May 15, 2019

Bush hat worn by United States Air Force pilot, Vietnam War, 1960s. Creator: Unknown
Bush hat worn by United States Air Force pilot, Vietnam War, 1960s. A non-regulation Australian style bush hat worn by members of the United States Air Force serving in Thailand during the Vietnam

Campbell Aird, a hotelier from Moffat, Scotland, using his new limb in August 1998 - the worlds first bionic arm. In August 1998 the worlds first bionic arm was fitted to Campbell Aird at

Vicki Michelle, British actress, relaxes in her garden with a cold drink, Epping, Essex, Friday 25th August 1972

Carnaby Street Christmas lights switched on, Carnaby Street, London
Underwater scenes made of recycled materials illuminate Carnaby Street in London as the Christmas lights are switched on. Working in collaboration with Project Zero they highlight the areas of

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Plastic garbage floating in the ocean. Unlike Date:

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Plastic fish food. Concept image of a fish cut Date:

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Titan triggerfish, Balistoides viridescens, eating Date:

Trabant Car, Lostwithiel, Cornwall. September 1991
Dirk Krueger and Andrea Bein, students from the former East Germany, travelled to Cornwall in their 1975 Trabant which is thought to be the least environmentally friendly car ever produced

Japan, Honshu, Tokyo, Restaurant Window Display of Plastic Food Dishes

A plastic container is filled with water from a tap in Kawangware district of Nairobi, Kenya April 18, 2018. Picture taken April 18, 2018. REUTERS/Njeri Mwangi

Plastic bottles are stocked to be recycled at the Weeco plastic recycling factory at the Athi River industrial zone near Nairobi, Kenya, May 15, 2019. Picture taken May 15, 2019. REUTERS/Baz Ratner

Worry Beads, Crete, Greece

Japan, Honshu, Tokyo, Crepe Shop, Window Display of Plastic Food

Locked
Julia Ramiro

Garbage picking
Julia Ramiro

unrevealed
Asako Naruto

Cowboy in pink
Julia Ramiro

Cowboy statue
Julia Ramiro

At the arcade
Julia Ramiro

Pink Party
Julia Ramiro

She was a punk
Julia Ramiro

Midless. A Fish in the Plastic Sea Ink Drawing
Johan Liewendahl

Child Hard Work
Muhammad Amdad Hossain

The children collect recyclable materials
Muhammad Amdad Hossain

Spoons Abstract: Audience
Jacqueline Hammer

A tomato shaped sauce dispenser

Earth Path Indicator, Mercury 4, 1961. Creator: Honeywell
The Mercury space capsule carried this device, designed by the Honeywell Corporation, which allowed the astronaut to see his orbital track and heading

Retro Toy Walking Plastic Robot - Clear See-through Body
Retro Toy Walking Plastic Robot with Clear See-through body and digital-style display panel

Retro Toy Walking Plastic Robot - Blue-Grey Metallic Body
Retro Toy Walking Plastic Robot with grey blue body and colourful buttons and digital-style display panel

Dinner to celebrate the Guinea pig club, a specialist plastic surgery created by Sir Archibald McIndoe for former World War Two pilots at East Grinsted Hospital, Sussex. September 1949 O19888-004

India, West Bengal, Kolkata, Chai vendor with a tray of tea in plastic cups in Sudder Street

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BULGARIA Melnik. Display of wine bottles barrel and containers outside shop. Store Travel Tourism Holiday Vacation Adventure Explore Recreation Leisure Sightseeing Tourist Attraction Tour Melnik

Zabbaleen of Mokattam, Cairo, Egypt - 11
Zabbaleen of Mokattam, Cairo, Egypt. A view of some of the makeshift buildings that have grown among the rubbish tips. This is where the better off Zabballeen people live circa 1995

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Microplastics on table salt. Tiny fragments and Date:

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Plastic garbage floating in the ocean. Unlike Date:

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Young marine turtle swimming in the middle of Date:

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Dead young Great spotted woodpecker, Dendrocopos Date:

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Atlantic ghost crab, Ocypode quadrata, eating Date:

Christmas decoration
Artificial mistletoe Christmas decoration with white plastic berries, tied with a red ribbon, manufactured c.1930-1950. Date: 1930-1950

Pieces of molded clay made of local soil, known as turba are seen in Najaf, Iraq April 3, 2018. Picture taken April 3, 2018. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani

Man uses plastic to mark vacant land in Olievenhoutbosch
A man uses plastic to mark vacant land in Olievenhoutbosch near Centurion, South Africa March 12, 2018. Picture taken March 12, 2018. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko

Gums and sweets are seen on a confectionary retail stand during an agricultural fair at the Buskett woodlands outside Dingli, Malta April 29, 2018. REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi

Turkish voters living in Germany cast their votes on Turkeys presidential and parliamentary elections at the Turkish consulate in Frankfurt, Germany, June 7, 2018. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach

Man gestures as he uses tape to mark vacant land in Olievenhoutbosch near Centurion
A man gestures as he uses tape to mark vacant land in Olievenhoutbosch near Centurion, South Africa March 12, 2018. Picture taken March 12, 2018. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko

Plastic waste piled outside an illegal recycling factory in Jenjarom, Kuala Langat, Malaysia October 14, 2018. Picture taken October 14, 2018. REUTERS/Lai Seng Sin TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

A polluted river is seen in Shanghai, China, March 21, 2016. REUTERS/Aly Song TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Free vegetarian meals are shown for the camera by participants at the Annual Sikh Day Parade in Manhattan, New York, U.S. April 28, 2018. REUTERS/Gaia Squarci

A plastic bottle is seen floating in an Adriatic sea of the island Mljet, Croatia, May 30, 2018. Picture taken May 30, 2018. REUTERS/Antonio Bronic

A Vietnamese woman cycles past recyclable plastic bottles at Xa Cau village, outside Hanoi, Vietnam June 5, 2018. REUTERS/Kham TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

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"Exploring the Versatility and Impact of Plastic: From Vintage Bakelite Telephones to Rubber Ducks" Plastic, a material that has revolutionized our world in countless ways. Let's take a journey through its fascinating history and diverse applications. Picture No. 12479494 captures the nostalgia of an era when communication was transformed by the introduction of Bakelite telephones. These sleek devices, made from an early form of plastic, brought convenience and style into people's homes. Speaking of style, who can forget the iconic Yellow Rubber Duck? Picture No. 12479493 takes us to the Great British Duck Race where these cheerful companions float along with their blue counterparts, bringing joy to both young and old alike. But plastic doesn't just bring fun; it also serves as a valuable tool for law enforcement. Police evidence bags for illegal drugs are designed with durability and security in mind, ensuring crucial evidence is preserved while maintaining chain-of-custody integrity. In contrast to serious matters, let's not overlook the playful side of plastic. A young boy sledging down a grassy bank reminds us that even unconventional uses can bring excitement and laughter. Moving on to nature-inspired creations, we encounter Ocypus olens - a devils coach horse beetle model crafted from plastic. This intricate replica showcases how this versatile material allows us to appreciate wildlife up close without harm or disturbance. The Tupperware Party photograph from the 1950s transports us back in time when these innovative storage containers took households by storm. The image reflects societal changes as women embraced entrepreneurship while showcasing Tupperware's practicality through advertising photography. Shifting gears once again brings us face-to-face with another emblematic symbol – The Mobil Pegasus Logo Perspex sign. This iconic piece demonstrates how plastics have become integral components in modern signage due to their durability and visual appeal.