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Bioplastics “as bad if not worse” than fossil-fuel plastics?
- ohiovr 7y agoConventional plastic in soil or the ocean is "largely an aesthetic problem" says Huang Is that true?
- Ultramanoid 7y agoNo. Conventional plastic breaks down, and microplastics are now present in soil, water, air, the food chain, and even human poop. Multiple recent articles about it in Hacker News. https://hn.algolia.com/?query=microplastics&sort=byPopularity&prefix&page=0&dateRange=all&type=story https://hn.algolia.com/?query=microplastics&sort=byPopularit... We literally eat and breathe plastic at this point. With what consequences will have yet to be figured out.