Here is an out there theory that I came up with 30 seconds ago. Would love to hear peoples thoughts: Using and throwing away plastic may not be so bad - assuming it gets buried, and not tossed into the ocean. Once buried, it's essentially inert - so no real bad consequences. Probably in a few hundred years people will re-mine it anyhow. Cont...
But the pro, is that using more plastic uses up oil, so less oil gets used as... well, oil, and gas, and such. That is the stuff that seems to be causing us problems as it is being converted to CO2. So yeah, more plastic usage = less Oil/Gas usage = less air pollution. Obviously not very well thought out, but would love to hear people's thoughts.
- Shannon Bauman