The Forest Wastes Nothing

Clear-cutting across Canada - Suzanne Simard | UBC Earth Day

In the modern world, our perception of plastic is largely connected to the fight against it. Plastic waste is indeed one of the most serious environmental problems today because it breaks down very poorly through chemical processes and is almost unaffected by biological decomposition. The problem is that humanity created a material that was simply too good - its invention came before we were truly ready for it. On Earth, there are almost no materials that can remain as stable and resistant to th

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