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Why would bacteria or fungi breaking down plastic help climate change?
by jimmaswell 8y ago
Why would bacteria or fungi breaking down plastic help climate change?
- bmurphy1976 8y agoThat's not what I meant although my wording doesn't help. An environment completely polluted by plastic that we just keep pumping more into it? Bad. A world where we live a bit more harmoniously with nature, making products that are compatible with long-term maintenance of our environment? Good. That type of thinking tends to go hand-in-hand with addressing climate change.
- jimmaswell 8y agoDoesn't seem like helpful categorization to me, especially if the decomposition of plastic ended up making its own CO2. Though apparently burning plastic and capturing the energy may result in less CO2 release than putting it in a landfill: https://phys.org/news/2009-08-plastic.html https://phys.org/news/2009-08-plastic.html