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Place some Bubble Wrap under your Twister mat for an added dimension to the party game. 48. You can use Bubble Wrap to keep your pet warm. Featured image before edits via Markus Spiske on Unsplash. Related stories recommended by this writer: Kinda rate this one not going to lie. Keeps you safe from falling over and who doesn’t love popping bubble wrap? ‘Scented Candles in Weird Scents’ It’s finally September which means it’s time for everyone’s favourite part of the year, uni room shopping!

The good news is that bubble wrap can be recycled, and most (not all) local recycling centres will accept it in the UK alongside other common types of plastic. This does generally make it easy to get rid of in an eco-friendly way, but before you throw the towel in, have you considered it’s reuse capabilities?

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Apart from loose bubble wrap rolls, we also sell bubble wrap in special dispensers which make it easy to cut to the desired length and are handy to store if you are using bubble wrap on regular basis. Standard bubble wrap is made of clear plastic but we also carry a range of green transparent bubble wrap. According to The New York Times, at one point, employees at Sealed Air each received a small box of individual squares of Bubble Wrap to keep at their desks for emergency stress relief. (No word on whether this is still standard practice.) 41. Higher learning institutions recognize Bubble Wrap's mental health benefits, too.

The “ Popping Bubble Wrap” Facebook group has 460,000 members. 43. There's (fictional) lethal bubble wrap. If you’re a keen gardener then bubble wrap could be your new best friend. Because it offers a good level of insulation, it can be used to line plant pots against the cold during the Winter months (be sure to leave the bottom of the pots open to allow for water drainage). It can also be used to wrap bigger plants against frost, or greenhouse windows to keep heat inside.But seriously, it really can kill. In 2017, a South Carolina man used Bubble Wrap as a murder weapon. He was sentenced to 45 years in prison. 45. You can buy a Bubble Wrap suit Kerblam!,” an episode of Doctor Who that aired in November 2018, introduced viewers to lethal Bubble Wrap. 44. Bubble Wrap has been used as a murder weapon. Among other things, the Sealed Air company also owns Cryovac, a thin plastic that is shrink-wrapped around food and other items. They claim to be the company that invented vacuum sealing. 35. Bubble Wrap might be as good as a massage. We’ve already had a uni essentials list from PrettyLittleThing, John Lewis and Urban Outfitter s this year, but what do you really need to take to uni?

In 1993, inventors Marc Chavannes and Alfred Fielding received a coveted spot in the New Jersey Inventors Hall of Fame for their Bubble Wrap contributions. Other honorees include Thomas Edison and Albert Einstein. 40. Sealed Air employees know the value of Bubble Wrap's stress relief. I’d just sit in my seminars staring at this and it would make me hungry. ‘Inflatable T-Rex Costume’ The first person to pop bubble wrap: Howard Fielding, the inventor’s son. OK, maybe not, but he was close. “I remember looking at the stuff and my instinct was to squeeze it,” Fielding told Smithsonian Magazine. “I say I’m the first person to pop Bubble Wrap, but I’m sure it’s not true. The adults at my father’s firm likely did so for quality assurance. But I was probably the first kid. The bubbles were a lot bigger then, so they made a loud noise.” 38. Bubble Wrap popped big in the 1970s. Both iPhone and Android offer Bubble Wrap apps. (No, they’re not as good as the real thing.) 37. The inventor's son was the first non-adult to pop it.Wait – what? Before you think we’re on a crazy new fashion trend, bubble wrap suits are popular at Halloween (see here for one such example) and make for a bit of fun with kids and adults alike. You could recreate yourself as the bubble wrap Michelin Man, a jellyfish, Mr Blobby…it’s only limited by imagination. Bubble wrap. Loved and used by many across the world for all sorts of things, from its primary protection use to stress relief (spend a few minutes popping bubbles and you’ll soon feel chilled out). We don’t know anyone who doesn’t love the stuff, but it does have its place in the evil plastics hall of fame when it’s not recycled correctly. Innocuous and useful it may be, but your average bubble wrap does not biodegrade, so simply throwing it away with your general waste isn’t good for the environment.