The Recycling of Plastic, A Recuperation Technology

Plastic was a nice invention. But it turned out to be an ecological catastrophe. Contrary to glass, humans don’t seem to have any respect for a plastic object. They are being thrown away everywhere. The oceans seem to have become the cemetery of everything plastic. Difficult to recycle, waste disposal organizations do not seem to know what to do with plastic. They end up filling the oceans and only the oceans seem to be able to recycle them – but in fact the oceans only succeed in breaking them in small particles that fish swallow. Plastic is difficult to recycle.

Worst of all, these little plastic bits are now taking the ocean space that should be inhabited by the phytoplankton. These little living plants are responsible for the creation of the oxygen we breathe. Less phytoplankton, less oxygen to breathe. We are heading into a wall.

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