I prefer we not engineer bugs to rot our plastics. The problem is not that plastics are durable. The problem is humans are shortsighted and have not developed s

I prefer we not engineer bugs to rot our plastics. The problem is not that plastics are durable. The problem is humans are shortsighted and have not developed systematic thinking and processes to prevent waste. We need plastics. Durable, rot-resistant, waterproof, light, strong, malleable, easy to cast into different shapes. But we as a species do not reuse and recycle enough, and even throw plastics into the ocean or into compost bins. How about we get to the root of the problem, instead of apply bandaid atop of bandaid? Reduce, reuse, recycle. Repair, repurpose, reclaim (put money into cleaning up our oceans?), rethink (do we need individually wrapped produce?) etc.