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What can I do about it? Romans could use pots made of other metals or materials, but whatever I use I'm going to get microplastics anyway. It would require a systemic change.
Even a systemic change wouldn't do that much, plastic doesn't break down into other things, it only separates into smaller pieces.
Even if we stopped using all plastic right now, the plastic that is already in the environment would still enter the food chain and accumulate in the top of it.
Not every plastic is as damaging. If it is biodegradable, it will not accumulate at all.
Sure, but how much really is biodegradable? Genuine question since I can't really find any statistics.
Virtually none of it bordering on actually none of it, including the so-called biodegradable plastics. Those typically have to be composted in very specific industrial composting conditions to function any differently than normal plastic.
How much? In terms of how much of the current plastic usage? Or of the plastics we know about? Here the will article for an overview