All Plastics Eating Bacterias is Only Way to Get Rid of Plastics & Making It Illegal to Produce A Single New Piece of Plastic Anything, But to Go about It is Extremely Serious Issue. (www.sciencedaily.com)

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We need naturally evolved bacterias that will eat all plastics (as link illustrates we discovered first one), but it extremely bad effects & risks (as the other link goes into) to creating the bacterias that will eat all the plastics, that take forever to biodegrade.

I been to clean-up beaches-parks events, but there is just too much it, for even the best possible machines to clean it all up.

Of course we cannot let Rich-Super Rich Economic Classes/Owners to just produce even a single new piece of plastic, which doing it now is hugely profitable industry.

Of course instead we need to putting as much resources as possible as quickly as possible to make plastics, that completely with a reasonable amount of time biodegrade, completely take over for then banned plastics, that take forever to biodegrade, markets.

Here is the 2-questions (2-challenges) I have are:

1st. How do we have these naturally evolved bacterias, that will eat all plastics, that will not eat the plastics, that completely with a reasonable amount of time biodegrade, before their purposes was achieved?

2nd. How do we get the plastics, that take forever to biodegrade, out of all living beings, including ourselves?

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[-] solo@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 week ago

I tend to agree with several things you talk about, but I have the impression we see things differently. For example, on one hand I agree with you when you say that we cannot let the Rich-Super Rich Economic Classes/Owners to just produce even a single new piece of plastic, but on the other hand for me the root of the problem is that the extraction of oil worldwide is still expanding instead of phasing out. Meaning that, as long as this is the case, more and more plastic will be produced.

Apart from that, of course bacteria eating plastics sound like a great option, but they are not the only way to get rid of plastics. Some alternatives would be fungi that "eat" plastic, or mycelium that replace plastics. Here are some relevant articles.

[-] GreatWhite_Shark_EarthAndBeingsRightsPerson@piefed.social 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Thanks for interesting reply, but I do not know if I understand your point.

we cannot let the Rich-Super Rich Economic Classes/Owners to just produce even a single new piece of plastic, but on the other hand for me the root of the problem is that the extraction of oil worldwide is still expanding instead of phasing out. Meaning that, as long as this is the case, more and more plastic will be produced.

Sure there is the problem with manufacturing oil period, & I agree with you we must stop that to, but this was a thread about stopping plastic manufacturing. So, let us say we just go to the root, as you say, & ban oil extracting completely, then plastics are made from another material that makes the plastic take way too long to biodegrade. Where as if plastics, made from any materials that make take too long to biodegrade, are banned, then solved plastics that take too long to biodegrade. At the same time, we could ban the oil extraction & use in any products. Makes even already extracted oil worthless, & better put where it was extracted from.
If the economics taken out of producing plastics, I do not see anyone producing more plastics.

Apart from that, of course bacteria eating plastics sound like a great option, but they are not the only way to get rid of plastics. Some alternatives would be fungi that “eat” plastic, or mycelium that replace plastics. Here are some relevant articles.

AWESOME, THANKS, I will have to check it later, just got home from 2nd-day of 3-days Homestead Rodeo protesting.

The only question have about (other not really alternatives, not completing) the additional ways to using nature to eat plastics is-

Would not bacteria eating the plastics be faster & more complete than the additional ways? Does not bacteria travel faster & is in more different environments, like oceans-water, land, sky & Etc.?

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