The world consumes over 300 million tonnes of plastic each year. But when did we start using plastic? And why? Where does all the plastic waste go? Journey through the life cycle of plastic - how plastics are produced, the many uses of plastics throughout the last century, how our plastic use has spiralled out of control, and what we can do about it.

Eun-ju Kim has been writing children's books for a long time since studying physics and early childhood education in college. Ji-won Lee studied illustration and has been working as an illustrator of children's books. Joungmin Lee Comfort is a translator who enjoys children's literature as much as her kids do. She is delighted to have translated Plastic: past, present, and future, and looks forward to helping spread more Korean children's literature around the world.