A New Biological and Financial Ecosystem for Plastic

By Shaharyar Lakhani

Plastics have been in popular use for only around 50 years, yet they have managed to saturate the planet. The toxic pollutants in plastics, combined with the long time they take to degrade, have adversely affected land, water, and air pollution. Nearly 300 million tons of plastic are produced every year, with the majority going to waste and ending up in landfills or the ocean. If the current trend continues, by 2050, the total weight of plastic in the ocean will be more than that of fish! But what if there was a way to turn this plastic into something positive? To have its pervasive presence in the ecosystem actually be a functioning part of that ecosystem?

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