#32: Life in Plastic, It’s (Not) Fantastic
Man, has there ever been a more alarming double-edged sword than the development of plastic? In some ways, it has done a lot of good, making certain products, processes, and services more possible and affordable than they ever were before.
provided by diynhacks.com
In other ways, it has been horrifyingly terrible for us and the environment around us. Plastic is already everywhere and still being manufactured at an alarming rate. Not only does it stick around for ages, it gets microplastics to all sorts of places it shouldn’t be—the highest mountains, the deepest oceans, and even into our bodies. So, yeah, that one’s pretty negative.