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Originally Posted by larrybuck
After a couple of decades at least now; look at how much literal plastic is STILL
being used to simply house store products, and then added to the landfills.
How about inventing a plastic looking product that would dissolve in heavy rain,
or immersed in water. I'm thinking along the lines of the edible rice paper that comes w some foods.
No chemical nightmares; just packaging GONE!!!
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Most of the packaging we are subjected to ("sealed for your protection") is the result of tort law claims filed by trial lawyers to win settlements for their clients. Often the protections (plastic packaging) and package warnings are there for the legal protection of the manufacturers to ward off such lawsuits.
Actually most plastics will degrade over time, especially if subjected to constant exposure from UV radiation (sunlight). Mandatory recycling is commonplace in most cities today, and it is often a revenue enhancer for the local government - so landfills filled with plastic are hardly much of a concern in recent years.