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There's a bit of nuance here. A material which doesn't biodegrade but is inert, a material which biodegrades but only when exposed to light or moisture or heat,

by strken 2mo ago

There's a bit of nuance here. A material which doesn't biodegrade but is inert, a material which biodegrades but only when exposed to light or moisture or heat, a material which biodegrades into something else which is in turn inert, etc. Not really relevant to geocells but quite relevant for e.g. timber, which might last a hundred years in a roof but start to rot in six months of composting.

inigyou 2mo ago
Plastic is inert, but microplastics harm us anyway, and don't go away, because it's inert.
- strken 2mo ago
  Plastics tend to be more chemically active than a lot of rocks, for example. Although that's not going to protect you from crystalline dust from silica and asbestos.