Plastics are truly incredible. They’re typically cheap to make, safe for many applications, and they last just about forever. When they’re being used, they’re the perfect solution to many problems, but once discarded, the qualities that make them great quickly turn them into an environmental nightmare.
Polystyrene, a wildly popular type of plastic, can withstand seriously punishing conditions while refusing to break down, and environmentalists have urged lawmakers to ban or dramatically limit its production because it tends to pop up in the worst possible locations. Now, a new study sheds some light on just how durable it really is, revealing that even under the best possible circumstances, a single piece of polystyrene litter can hang around for decades.
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It takes decades for polystyrene to break down, even in direct sunlight originally appeared on BGR.com on Sun, 13 Oct 2019 at 09:02:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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