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Of course, saying "we are doomed" is the easiest way to continue to do what we are doing. It's just a defensive mechanism at this point.
We should be stopping the production of plastic and replace it with bioplastics immediately.
Difficult? Yes. Impossible? No.
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I am absolutely with you. Total apathy. I can’t do anything. My 100% waste goes to local recycling system. I pick up thrash when I am in the nature and bring home. Even left by others. I avoid synthetic clothing and wear only when I really need it. And still micro plastic in the air everywhere. How is this happening!?
Youre probably already aware but unless you live in a very unique locality with an extremely expensive recycling system, very little of the plastic you put in the system actually gets recycled. Current consumption and wealth levels are not sustainable but reducing consumption is completely antithetical to the capitalist and consumerist society of present day. Buying less stuff, going on fewer vacations, driving less,…
And don’t get me started about food packaging. Every 100 gram of food comes with at least 5 gram of plastic packaging. Sadly I must eat sometimes and can’t do anything about packaging.
Plastics are inert. This is why they don't biodegrade easily. It is the additives in the plastics (to make them softer, or color them, or whatever) that are terrible for you. By the time these things are 'microplastics' I am having a hard time feeling scared that they are harmful. I'm not saying they aren't, but until someone can tie them to an actual problem, I don't see an issue -- especially since there is nothing…
Plastics are inert. This is why they don't biodegrade easily. It is the additives in the plastics (to make them softer, or color them, or whatever) that are terrible for you. By the time these things are 'microplastics' I am having a hard time feeling scared that they are harmful. I'm not saying they aren't, but until someone can tie them to an actual problem, I don't see an issue -- especially since there is nothing…
But them being inert also makes it very hard for our body to clean it up, so it ends up accumulating in our bodies.
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But them being inert also makes it very hard for our body to clean it up, so it ends up accumulating in our bodies.
If you don't know it is there and it doesn't affect you, why does it matter?
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If you don't know it is there and it doesn't affect you, why does it matter?
Because it takes up space in organs etc. It gets in the way. Stuff blocks up. It could become dislodged and accumulate into a blood clot. Lots of reasons why we shouldn't have foreign objects in our bodies.
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My carpet fitter tried to sell me on recycled plastic underlay. They only want to sell it because it’s dirt cheap and lightweight. Zero cares about what I’ll be breathing in for 10 years
What do you think the carpet is made out of?
Wool is still popular in the UK despite carpet shops trying to sell the “bleach cleanable” benefits of plastic flammable carpet for many years
Even if it were plastic, is that a reason to have more plastic?
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It is the additives in the plastics (to make them softer, or color them, or whatever) that are terrible for you. That said, one-time-use plastics are absolutely obscene and need to be removed from society as soon as humanly possible. Those seem to be somewhat conflicting viewpoints. The overwhelming majority of single-use plastics are PE or PP, which also don't really have much in the way of additives. PVC, ABS, and…
I have dental floss and tape made out of PFAS. Unfortunately its 25% PFAS content is what makes Oral B floss so good and waxy- I haven't found a non-PFAS floss that works half as well