The Plastic Fantastic

In lots of forms and many ways
The world of plastics fills our days:
Man-made substances like PVC
Are never hard to find and see.
Remember all the discs we played,
Old 78's were from it made;
Take thermo-plastic polystyrene
Thick as resin, often seen
In ceiling tiles and children's toys
And even combs - such simple joys!
Phenol formaldehyde, of course,
A type of laminated sauce,
Good for sticking things together;
All good plastics go forever.
Celluloid, became the first;
Our films were by it gently nursed.
Poly tetra fluoro ethy lenes
(Bet you don't know what that means!)
On your frying pan you'll find it,
Non-stick Teflon's quite a hit.
So ends my eulogy on plastic;
We all agree - it's quite fantastic.

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