In recognition of Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day, celebrated for 15 years on the last Monday of January, we talked to Sealed Air Corp., the company behind the New Jersey invention. You can read our story here.
But there's just so much bubble lore floating around that we had to share more.
Bubble Wrap was invented in Hawthorne, Passaic County in 1957. The material started out as an idea for textured wallpaper and came to be used as a protective element in packaging after getting a big boost from the shipping of IBM's computer equipment.
Here's some more information about Bubble Wrap history, along with some creative ways people are using the cushioning. Happy popping!
Bubble Wrap facts
- In 2015, to reduce shipping costs, Sealed Air Corp. -- which used to be headquartered in Elmwood Park, but still has a manufacturing facility in Saddle Brook -- came out with new form of Bubble Wrap called
- Guinness World Records lists the Denver Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America as holding the
- New York-based artist
Bubble Wrap ideas
- Pastry chef Jacques Torres
- Bubble Wrap arts
- Bubble Wrap can add some quirk to formalwear. In 2010, a British woman
- You can make or buy a
- Moving Insider, a DIY moving blog, suggests using large quantities of the wrap for
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