What about our environment?

I often think of that line in The Graduate, where his uncle tells him to go into plastics, as it is the future.

Do you feel weather this year is rather strange?

I help make plastics.

*Bans Pris* You dirty plastic maker !! ;p


Do you help make biodegradable plastics by any chance? If not now, then I'm sure that will be more common in the future.

Some plastics contain UV stabilizers, some don't. Depends on end use.

You might be surprised how quickly degradation happens. Even carbon black which absorbs a broad range of UV wavelengths isn't always effective.

Plastics can of course be recycled. I'm not a fan of bio-feed stock since it can affect food stuffs and is over all more expensive. But then I may have some bias.

www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2020/05/19/coronavirus-has-caused-whopping-17-drop-global-carbon-emissions/5219885002/

Not bad.

Like I said before. Thats good news but thats not the way to do it...

The company I work for is oriented highly towards automotive applications. The weight of plastic alone has such an advantage over wood and metal in helping with gasoline mileage. There are reasons why plastics have become preferred feed stocks for a huge number of consumer goods.

It might not be so bad, if we understood what we are losing.........

You would never know it around here.

I saw that Heather and it is a little unnerving. Last year was about what they are predicting for this year but with a chance of more hurricanes. We were lucky here. Let's hope they are wrong, which they often are.