> Most plastics _eventually_ degrade into water and carbon dioxide. Plastic straw decomposition: 200 years [0] Plastic bootle decomposition: 450 years [0]

> Most plastics _eventually_ degrade into water and carbon dioxide. Plastic straw decomposition: 200 years [0] Plastic bootle decomposition: 450 years [0] PLA is a fraction of the world's plastic pollution. Mixing in this marginal example is misleading. We shouldn't downplay the decomposition time of _most_ plastics. Plastics and fossil fuel emissions are the asbestos of our time. Single-use plastic, outside medical applications, should be banned worldwide. [0] https://www.wwf.org.au/news/blogs/the-lifecycle-of-plastics https://www.wwf.org.au/news/blogs/the-lifecycle-of-plastics