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That's simply not true. It's been a concern for decades.

• irrational 7y ago
  Obviously it was a concern since the very first plastic item was manufactured. But who was aware this was a concern? It's only been in the last 5 years or so that I can recall hearing anything about it. And only in the last 2 years or so has it really risen to the level of concern for me. Maybe we are reading totally different sources that it has been on your radar for decades.
  • tjohns 7y ago
    As a datapoint... Back in elementary school 25 years ago, they most certainly were teaching my class that plastic doesn’t decompose and how important it was to reduce waste.
    • boatswain 7y ago
      And people who were CEOs 25 years ago were in school 25 years before that.