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History
Historians believe that the earliest stickers may date back to Ancient Egypt.

As for the modern sticker as we know it today, there are two people who may have invented it. Rowland Hill invented an adhesive paper in 1839 that turned into the first stamp. The other person is R. Stanton Avery, who is the founder of Avery Labels. His version of the sticker was a self adhesive label that he invented in 1935. Their inventions are still different, and Avery's version is seen as the modern day sticker. Hill's invention required glue or another type of adhesive to stick the stamp, while Avery's had paper you were just able to peel back and stick.

Stickers as Marketing
Many companies now use stickers as a marketing technique. Stickers can be used as a way to make brands stand out from their competitors by using different colors and shapes to attract consumers. They also can help show what a brand is, by making a sticker that revolves around the brand or their types of products. Stickers also help companies promote themselves through their consumers, the sticker shows other people about a brand and that there are people that support it. Stickers also increase the effects of the other techniques. Companies can get brands to sign up for their emails by offering free stickers.

Environmental Impacts of Stickers
Stickers are not recyclable. The adhesive on the back of stickers effects the recycling machines by clogging them up. Vinyl stickers create micro plastics which then go into waterways and landfills. Other types of stickers also have things such as silicon and resins. Most stickers are also seen as weatherproof or water proof, which makes them harder to break down if you were to try and recycle them. Stickers are also not biodegradable, or compostable due to the plastics.

To get rid of stickers, you can turn them into other pieces of art work. For example, putting them on a canvas or using them as smaller stickers in something else. Another option is to burn them, it is recommended that it is done by an industrial incinerator and done by a professional.