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"One bad thing about plastic is its bad for the enviroment. You should use reuse able things that isn't plastic. Most wastes biodegrade (compost) but plastics do not."
Plastic is not inherently "bad for the environment", it depends entirely on how you manage your plastics waste. If you carelessly go around throwing plastic bags and empty plastic containers onto the ground, then of course it's a problem. If you collect and recycle them then there isn't a problem. Synthetic plastics in the environment basically just sit there - they are not intrinsically toxic or harmful.
The comment "most wastes biodegrade but plastics do not" is complete nonsense. Firstly, plastics DO biodegrade, they just do it very slowly. Also, if you place paper (recycled paper or any other type) into a landfill site, THAT will not biodegrade for years either. The reason is simple - biodegradation requires oxygen, and the inside of landfill sites are basically oxygen-free. No bugs can survive there, so no paper can degrade.
The whole "use paper cups, they're more environmentally friendly" thing is pseudoscientfic claptrap. They key point is the way that you handle and manage the waste, not what the waste is made of.
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∙ 9y ago
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∙ 15y agoIn order to make plastics, hydrocarbons from crude oil are used. Crude oil is a non-renewable resource. Plastics are also non-biodegradeable which encourages the recycleing of them.
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∙ 12y agothere isn't really anything bad about using plastics it just depends on what you choose to do with that plastic after you have used it as far as im concerned...
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∙ 9y agoThere may be one, that would be los of jobs in the plastic making industries but the ban far out weighs the loss of jobs.
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Plastic can be very harmful to the environment
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Are synthetics bad for the environment?
Some materials like plastic are bad for the environment.
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plastic bags
Can plastic be used as insulation?
Plastic can be a lot of things, some will work well as insulation, some won't.
Are synthetic materials bad for the environment?
Some materials like plastic are bad for the environment.
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Some bad things is they use human sacrifice so be careful
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plastic gas............
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