If we could 1) create plastics from plant materials 2) recycle them using the techniques in the paper above 3) build in a limited lifetime so that plastics don'

If we could 1) create plastics from plant materials 2) recycle them using the techniques in the paper above 3) build in a limited lifetime so that plastics don't sit around forever and 4)have usable plastics that don't need plasticizers that mess with living organisms then plastic has a future. Otherwise we need a different material.