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Plastics are one of the greatest, most versatile materials available. If you want to cap plastic production, every single industry and your daily life will be d
by constantcrying 2y ago
Plastics are one of the greatest, most versatile materials available. If you want to cap plastic production, every single industry and your daily life will be drastically affected.
There are exactly zero incentives for any nation to drastically limit plastic production. As with CO2 these policies will be implemented by many Western nations, while the many, densely populated countries, relying on cheap goods will take no serious actions. Plastic is just too useful.
- stoperaticless 2y agoPlastic bags seem unbelievably strong for what they weigh, for their thickness. (Kind of reminds me of my fascination of shows on Discovery channel praising spider silk or carbon nanotubes for their super strength)
- nobodyandproud 2y agoWhile I agree-it’s a class of materials “of the future” that we take for granted—it’s also played a part in a heavily-disposable consumer economy. Encouraging a competitive and parallel economy of repair and reuse would be awesome. And for those use-cases, I personally have zero problems with plastics. But beverage bottles? Packaging? Shopping bags? Not so thrilled.