Discuss: Polymers Are Forever
All the plastic ever made, except for what has been incinerated, is still on Earth. It seems that plastic does not biodegrade. It does not go away. It goes, usually, to the oceans, where it will someday become part of the food chain. For the moment, though, it is a pervasive choking threat, gagging progressively smaller creatures as it disintegrates. On balance, is plastic a boon or a curse? Have you become more conscious of it in your life — or even tried to eliminate it? What is plastic's future, and what does it mean for ours? Read Alan Weisman's article here, and tell us what you think about this ubiquitous material of modern life.
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25 William McAllister on Aug 02, 2011
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Thanks for your art, Mags. I wish artists around the world would transform (and clean) our beaches by following your example. I am also an artist, and it was by coloring outside the lines that Insulastics, Inc. was created in my mind. I spend so much time doing things “outside-the-box” that an old girlfriend once commented that it was a good thing that I was not a house cat.
Keep fighting through your art.