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by triceratops 2164 days ago
Our plastic is going to be around far longer than us. Left by itself plastic decays on geological timelines.[1]

1. http://worldwithoutus.com/excerpt.html

2 comments

If by "stay" you mean spread microplatisc, that carries no information, then maybe. The jury is still out, but it looks like it'll last a long time.

But plastic is not a good candidate to hold messages for a long time. It degrades in a few years into some unusable stuff. Glass is a much better candidate.

Unless a microbe finds a way to use it as fuel