Submitted by Doodle-bugg t3_10l3ofj in mildlyinteresting
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Doodle-bugg OP t1_j5ueb6h wrote
It…it does. Let me make a phone call to Ripley’s😂
Orange_comfort t1_j5v3gtw wrote
Does decompose equals disappear? I feel like plastic decomposing just means it turns into microplastics.
Doodle-bugg OP t1_j5v47tg wrote
Plastic technically goes through photodegradation, where it is broken down by the sunlight until it is so tiny that it is essentially invisible
Orange_comfort t1_j5v9vpg wrote
So, microplastics.
Doodle-bugg OP t1_j5vbfhe wrote
Basically. Microplastics eventually become nanoplastics, and these are everywhere, including in what we eat, drink, and breath.
Orange_comfort t1_j5y3ybo wrote
Wonderful...
RaccoonsInABigCoat t1_j5ui2w7 wrote
We should just make fish out of glass bottles. Then we wouldn't have to worry about them all disappearing from the oceans.
Doodle-bugg OP t1_j5uixmo wrote
Ahhh… glass flavor chefs kiss
RaccoonsInABigCoat t1_j5ujlbo wrote
In my experience, glass tastes an awful lot like blood.
Spnwvr t1_j5uzy17 wrote
Just stop the companies that are dumping it in the ocean. Problem solved.
Doodle-bugg OP t1_j5v3g86 wrote
Agreed 100%. There was another sign in there talking about the Great Pacific Garbage Patch that is roughly two times the size of Texas and how roughly half of the garbage mass comes from synthetic fishing nets.
Ishcadore t1_j5upgse wrote
Love that they put bananas next to foam cups so youll be less scared of the implications. Because polystyrene and plant fibers totally decompose in the same way and no one has ever heard of forever chemicals.
gieserj10 t1_j5xiqst wrote
I can barely get a foam cup to last an evening at a party.
RU_FKM t1_j5udv8d wrote
Does that say bootle?