Polycarbonate yakozwe mu myaka ya 1970 kugira ngo ikoreshwe mu kirere, kandi ubu ikoreshwa mu gushyira ingofero z'abakoresha ikirere ndetse no mu birahuri by'imodoka zo mu kirere. Indorerwamo z'indorerwamo zikozwe muri polycarbonate zashyizwe ahagaragara mu ntangiriro za 1980 bitewe n'uko abantu benshi bashakaga indorerwamo zoroheje kandi zidashobora gukomeretsa.

Kuva icyo gihe, amalangi ya polycarbonate yabaye ihame ku birahure by’umutekano, amadarubindi ya siporo n’imyambaro y’abana. Kubera ko adakunze kuvunika cyane ugereranyije n’amalangi asanzwe ya pulasitiki, amalangi ya polycarbonate nayo ni amahitamo meza ku miterere y’amalangi adafite umugozi aho amalangi afatanye n’ibice by’umugozi hamwe n’udupira two gupfundikira.