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celluloid  

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  • The first modern plastic, called celluloid, was initially developed as a synthetic replacement for diminishing natural resources, only later becoming closely associated with the development of motion pictures. Despite its extreme flammability, celluloid performed a crucial role, albeit in different ways, in the popularizing of both photography and the cinema. [Source: Encyclopedia of Consumption and Waste: The Social Science of Garbage; Celluloid]

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