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by mechwarrior 1975 days ago
Plastic molding of different types (injection, extrusion, blow molding, etc) enables massive quantities of physical objects to be produced at a staggeringly low cost and high rate of speed. This has of course enabled the production of many things that are beneficial to our lives. It has also increased the amount of waste that humans produce, to say the least.