There's a lot of confusion in this post, but just to pick on one particularly errant bit, "forever chemicals" are not new chemicals, they've been around as long as plastics have (1940s - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Per-_and_polyfluoroalkyl_subst... )

A key difference between them and plastics is how deeply they get into the body and bloodstream. (There is some similar crossover with chemicals used in plastic like BPA, but more generally the concerns around plastic are around environmental damage vs individual organism and organ damage.)

(That age is also a reason to believe they aren't immediately apocalyptic since we've been living with them for a while, but research into how much can be well tolerated is very important since they stick around so well.)

I'm really confused by this post because we don't have good solutions to degrading plastic that I'm aware of?

because it's pulled out of, well, you know where.

What economical solution do we have of breaking down plastic?

High heat and oxygen.

Do you know what that releases into the atmosphere?

Well, you _are_ responding in a thread to someone who does not believe climate change is a real issue, so... At least they are self consistent?

If well done, co2 and water. Or, if you want to do carbon capture instead, you can bury it.