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Posted on 2/29/20 at 1:23 pm to Flashback
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It's involved in almost everything that we do.
Posted on 2/29/20 at 1:41 pm to Napoleon
Recycling maybe?
That’s the really innovative part, it can be easily repurposed compared to wood or glass.
Now maybe we restrict future plastic manufacturing to only using the types that are more easily recyclable. Or in the extreme cap the amount of plastics made from non-recycled material, thus creating a premium price to recycle so that joe blow doesn’t just toss that plastic bottle into the marsh instead of a recycling bin
That’s the really innovative part, it can be easily repurposed compared to wood or glass.
Now maybe we restrict future plastic manufacturing to only using the types that are more easily recyclable. Or in the extreme cap the amount of plastics made from non-recycled material, thus creating a premium price to recycle so that joe blow doesn’t just toss that plastic bottle into the marsh instead of a recycling bin
Posted on 2/29/20 at 1:48 pm to jimmy the leg
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Wasn't there a biodegradable plastic being produced made out of corn by-products?
Yes, it's called fatties and corn syrup.
Posted on 2/29/20 at 1:48 pm to tiggerthetooth
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And replace it with what? Its not that easy.
Biodegradable hemp plastic.
Posted on 2/29/20 at 3:14 pm to tiggerthetooth
There are solutions to this problem. Biopolymers can replace plastic. Also, we need to do a better job of recycling as a society. I would imagine theres a tremendous upside in recycling ocean plastic, its already being done, but scale could be larger.
Posted on 2/29/20 at 4:46 pm to athenslife101
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We need to cut back on using it drastically.
Will never happen. Can tell there are more plastics that will hit the market in 2022 that will be more “eco friendly”.
Posted on 2/29/20 at 4:51 pm to BestBanker
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Wheel says hold my beer.
The wheel was A modern invention? What would be considered ancient in your timeline?
Posted on 2/29/20 at 5:03 pm to gumbo2176
quote:lol.... Plastic is in every thing you use......EVERYTHING. unless you want to go back to 1776 plastic is here to stay.
negatives far outweigh the positives when it comes to disposing of it and how it effects the environment.
Posted on 2/29/20 at 5:51 pm to Big Fill
My company has developed a method to use PET bottles (plastic) and create polyether Polyols. We use the Polyols in insulation. We use 1 billions bottles per year. More chemistry like this can help reduce the waste. I don’t see plastic use being reduced in the future, so we need to find ways to reuse or consume the waste.
Posted on 2/29/20 at 5:59 pm to Flashback
It's been a game changer for sure. But those plastic clamshell packages that thinks like scissors (oh the irony) come in, can frick off.
I've cut my hand more than a few times trying open bullshite that comes in those God forsaken packages.
I've cut my hand more than a few times trying open bullshite that comes in those God forsaken packages.
This post was edited on 2/29/20 at 6:01 pm
Posted on 2/29/20 at 6:02 pm to Flashback
Aluminum Foil is tGOAT
Posted on 2/29/20 at 6:25 pm to tiggerthetooth
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There was also a bug found in Japan that eats plastic.
What could possibly go wrong with this plan?
Posted on 2/29/20 at 6:30 pm to The Boat
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There’s more plastic in the ocean than people with Coronavirus.
You do know that 90% of the oceans plastic has been traced to 10 rivers. And none of those rivers are in North America. The problem with plastic in the oceans is irresponsible disposal of plastic. Certain countries aren’t high on sanitation and all their refuse goes into the rivers. All the cut backs we do on plastic have zero effect on the oceans plastic, because we aren’t the polluters.
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Rivers of plastic By analyzing the waste found in the rivers and surrounding landscape, researchers were able to estimate that just 10 river systems carry 90% of the plastic that ends up in the ocean. Eight of them are in Asia: the Yangtze; Indus; Yellow; Hai He; Ganges; Pearl; Amur; Mekong; and two in Africa – the Nile and the Niger.
World Economic Forum website
Posted on 2/29/20 at 7:50 pm to Flashback
Fetuses in the womb have tested with pesticides and microplastics in their systems. We are slowly poisoning ourselves.
Posted on 2/29/20 at 7:55 pm to BestBanker
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Plastic is the most pratical invention of the modern time.
quote:and beer says hold me
Wheel says hold my beer.
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