Polyethylene was first synthesized in 1898 by German chemist Hans von Pechmann by accident while heating diazomethane. In 1933, Reginald Gibson and Eric Fawcett at ICI Laboratories synthesized polyethylene as it is known today. Polyethylene has several characteristics including being an excellent electrical insulator, transparent or opaque, resistant to low temperatures, hygienic and safe, inert to chemical attack, an excellent moisture barrier, and economic. Polyethylene has many uses such as bags, coating ditches, food and industrial packaging, disposable nappies, serum bags, containers, pipes, bottles, and irrigation pipes. Polyethylene is recyclable and can be melted and transformed into new products like