> deserts where nothing grows anyway I live in Arizona. I've also driven many times through the Mohave desert. Stuff grows there. You'd have to be blind not t

> deserts where nothing grows anyway I live in Arizona. I've also driven many times through the Mohave desert. Stuff grows there. You'd have to be blind not to see that. There are whole ecosystems out here in our deserts. I imagine it's the same in virtually any desert. Heck, even in Black Rock City, I've seen a bug on occasion - that's one area where you could say "nothing grows" - but I bet that's false too. In regards to plastics: Most - if not all - plastics cannot be reused without molecular degradation. The plastic that results is highly inferior to "virgin plastic". Which is why the products that are made of "100% recycled plastic" are fairly - hmm, mundane? I'm not sure what the word is, just that you won't see such plastics used exclusively for most products. At best, they will be mixed with new plastic. Even then, the ratio will favor the new plastic. Maybe some day we'll be able to decompose the plastic into atoms and re-constitute them back into new plastic - but that won't be any time soon.