Comments on: Understanding the Plastic Triangle and Recycle Challenge https://www.frackcheckwv.net/2020/11/02/understanding-the-plastic-triangle-and-recycle-challenge/ Just another WordPress site Wed, 14 Feb 2024 02:06:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Mary Wildfire https://www.frackcheckwv.net/2020/11/02/understanding-the-plastic-triangle-and-recycle-challenge/#comment-331491 Mary Wildfire Mon, 02 Nov 2020 22:18:21 +0000 http://www.frackcheckwv.net/?p=34869#comment-331491 "As long as it remains cheaper to create new plastics from fossil fuels rather than from bioplastics or from recycling, we’re going to be stuck with plastic garbage islands floating in our oceans." ~Actually, for several centuries AFTER it's no longer cheaper, we'll be stuck with those islands. Plastic doesn't break down -- <strong>that crap isn't going anywhere.</strong> (Bold emphasis added ... ) “As long as it remains cheaper to create new plastics from fossil fuels rather than from bioplastics or from recycling, we’re going to be stuck with plastic garbage islands floating in our oceans.”

~Actually, for several centuries AFTER it’s no longer cheaper, we’ll be stuck with those islands. Plastic doesn’t break down — that crap isn’t going anywhere.

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