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That's not necessarily true. There is an ecosystem for breaking down wood, and my house is framed in wood.
by cglace 2y ago
That's not necessarily true. There is an ecosystem for breaking down wood, and my house is framed in wood.
- FrustratedMonky 2y agoTermites are a good example. They are a natural way to break down wood. And they can eat your house. Thus we have come up with ways to mitigate them. Now there is an entire industry around preventing termites, fixing termite damage, etc.. So, the problem is, we find some microbe that eats plastics. Boom, now we have a new problem, we need an entire industry to prevent them from eating the plastics we don't want them to eat. Think of traveling with your laptop, 'oops, got a little bit of plastic eating microbe, guess i'm buying a new laptop'
- gitaarik 2y agoWell wood also doesn't rot away within a day. You have to unmaintain it for years, or spray termites over it, if you want it gone fast. So that is nice, if you have that flexibiliy. Once a plastic part is thrown away it will be processed at the composting company.