![]() Lesson 2: Predators will rise again and domestic farm animals will be their lunch. With over 5,000 factories to produce nothing but plastic bags just in India, we’d do well to think about when we really need to use them. They usually feed on organic material, but all of the plastic particles passed right through their digestive track and came back out with no effect or harm done.Įventually, even plankton will be able to “eat” plastic, but it’ll stay around forever. Scientists have verified this by feeding such tiny particles to bottom-feeding worms. Eventually, all plastic will be crushed into tiny particles and fibers. Nevertheless, these will stay around, letting plastic reach places its never gone before, thanks to the wind and water carrying it everywhere. Rain, wind and the oceans can erode plastic, just like rocks, but that only makes it smaller, not disappear. Plastic cannot be broken down by microorganisms over time and therefore, will leave an impact on nature forever. Something we humans invented only 70 years ago, but that cannot possibly be biodegraded by nature and turned back into its original form: plastic. However, we’ve managed to create an exception. When we die our bodies decay and even our bones eventually disintegrate and become part of the soil again. ![]() Usually everything that comes from nature is returned back to it eventually. ![]() ![]() If you want to save this summary for later, download the free PDF and read it whenever you want.ĭownload PDF Lesson 1: Since plastic doesn’t biodegrade, it’ll be around forever.Īshes to ashes. ![]()
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