Keith D JohnsonIt's Falked up.
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CynBlogger ❌👑@KeithDJohnson
Seriously, has anyone addressed the effects of the preponderance of plastic packaging?
End consumers don’t, on average, have a choice in the packaging of the goods they buy, and judging by recent legal actions, we’ve all been lied to regarding the efficacy & feasibility of plastics recycling.
Even when we do have a limited choice, we can still be responsible for landfill pollution lasting 500 years (some aluminum cans).
It all seems so hopeless.
VulcanTouristIf we didn't BURY all of it then solar radiation would take care of the plastics MUCH faster. If there's one thing polymers can't tolerate, it's ultraviolet radiation. Our skin knows that drill all too well.
robloblaw@VulcanTourist @cynblogger @KeithDJohnson
But plastics do not decompose, they just turn into smaller and smaller particles - which are even more dangerous. The more we learn about microplastics, they worse they are.
https://theconversation.com/microplastics-are-in-our-brains-how-worried-should-i-be-237401
@robloblaw @cynblogger @KeithDJohnson
Plastics do decompose. They might need help from certain bacteria and fungi - which we know exist - but it's feasible. The fact that plastic also disintegrates into minuscule fragments does not preclude actual decomposition. In fact the latter is almost certainly predicated on the former. Plastics would not decompose en masse.
@VulcanTourist @cynblogger @KeithDJohnson
I've not seen any proof of fungi metabolising or breaking carbon bonds outside a lab. And certainly nothing about ocean microplastics, which is where most of them end up.
I've not seen any proof of fungi metabolising or breaking carbon bonds outside a lab. And certainly nothing about ocean microplastics, which is where most of them end up.