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Perhaps bugs have always been eating plastic? I occasionally have the chance to clear out attics etc. I do find old newspapers yellowed and more brittle, but
by verisimi 5y ago
Perhaps bugs have always been eating plastic?
I occasionally have the chance to clear out attics etc. I do find old newspapers yellowed and more brittle, but old plastic bags also seem thinner and degraded. If they have been in the sun they literally turn to dust.
I don't think they really do last for 1000's of years, as we were once told.
- outworlder 5y agoThey do though. Your degraded plastic bags have pieces that broke down. Some of those are microscopic. It will take a long time for those pieces to finally go away.
- verisimi 5y agoI'm claiming from personal experience that they do break down. OTOH, you don't know how long they take to break down. How is it that a claim they will last thousands of years is accepted by you? Who can simulate thousands of years in a lab?