Re:Durable plastic gets a sustainability makeover in novel p...
by PaulHoule on Wednesday February 12, 2025 @12:27PM
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In building there is also a lot of use of PVC which is environmentally awful, for instance for flooring and siding.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyvinyl_chloride#Health_and_...
Also, pulling from memory that may not be quite right, but I recall roads taking a substantial amount of polymer additives and that tire degradation is a major source of microplastic exposure for humans. The tire problem is poised to get worse with EVs being so heavy and accelerating so hard that the tires are bigger and wear faster, but I'm not aware of even any promising research there besides more bio-based feedstocks to improve the sustainability.