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The History of Bubble Wrap

Bubble wrap. It is not just for keeping things safe. Everyone's favorite use is to take it and pop all the tiny little bubbles. But have you ever stopped and wondered, who made this? Who decided it would be a good idea to make plastic full of bubbles? Why? If you have, your in luck because that is exactly what I'm looking at in this post. So get ready for: The History of Bubble Wrap!

In 1957, Alfred W. Fielding and Marc Chavannes wanted to make a new kind of wallpaper by trapping little bubbles in between sheets of plastic (yes that's right, they don't blow it up, they trap the air). They soon found out that no one wanted it for wallpaper. So then they started advertising it as greenhouse plastic. Soon after in 1961, they discovered that it works really well for packing things safely. Now, the official makers of Bubble Wrap, Sealed Air, has been around for over half a century and they have over 14,000 employees in 117 countries! It's amazing how fast the two makers of wallpaper turned into a bubble wrap company of 14,000+ people. Now you know the history of bubble wrap, one of the greatest stress relievers ever.

Works Cited
“Bubble Wrap (Brand).” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 14 Jan. 2018, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bubble_Wrap_(brand).
“Bubble Wrap Was Originally Designed to Be Used as Wallpaper.” Today I Found Out, 2 Dec. 2012, www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2011/11/bubble-wrap-was-originally-designed-to-be-used-as-wallpaper/.

“Our History.” Sealed Air, sealedair.com/company/our-history.

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