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Jim Cunningham's avatar

Starvation will get us WAY before micro plastics

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Jan Barendrecht's avatar

The issue of fixing problems caused by technology with more technology was already summarized in 1959 in this classic by the late great Harry Belafonte and Odetta:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVAvMIhvqfk

Back then (in the Netherlands), milk, veggies etc. were packed in glass bottles / containers with metal lids. Those bottles had to be paid for, could be returned at the shop and were used again.

No issues with plastics (BPA, endocrine disruptors, micro- and nano-particles).

Unfortunately, those having profiteered from destroying / maiming living organisms and the environment have become too powerful (and overfilled with hubris) to be forced to repair the damage.

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