Re:Just 20 firms behind more than half of single-use plastic...
by qPM9l3XJrF on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @02:02AM
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>the claim pertains to non-biodegradeable bioplastics only.
That's most plastic though. Your average soda bottle is not biodegradable on any meaningful timescale.
As the article puts it: "If we're going to extract carbon from the ground at all, far better that it ends up in a soda bottle that will last 400 years than in the combustion chamber of your car."
That's most plastic though. Your average soda bottle is not biodegradable on any meaningful timescale.
As the article puts it: "If we're going to extract carbon from the ground at all, far better that it ends up in a soda bottle that will last 400 years than in the combustion chamber of your car."