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by misterprime 1134 days ago
What are we gonna do w/o plastics? So much of our economy and lifestyles make heavy uses of these materials.

I'm not a fan of plastic items ending up in lakes, rivers, and oceans, but perhaps we're lucky that more of the world didn't take up plastic recycling the way that we'd hoped for.
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eulgro 1133 days ago
> What are we gonna do w/o plastics? So much of our economy and lifestyles make heavy uses of these materials.

How about we change our lifestyle and forgo the economy? If you want to eliminate the problem at the source then that's the solution.

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j-bos 1133 days ago
The world needs carbon sequestration, plastics are full of hydrocarbons, recycling plastics is problematic. Seems like the problems complement themselves.
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