The world is being choked by plastic waste from huge items to the smallest micro bits.
Since then, there have been a number of leaks, issues with stolen uranium that could be used to make"dirty bombs," and actual meltdowns. Think Chernobyl or Fukushima.
The fuel cycle of mining the uranium, transporting it around the country, constructing nuclear power plants, and then facing with waste materials that are life-threatening and toxic to the living system closely resembles the plastic dilemma. Back in the '40s and '50s, turning oil into plastic was also a product and a promise too good to be true. Sadly, it has taken 50 years for us to realize the long-term, life-threatening effect of plastics on the living system.
Like nuclear waste, they too have a non-regenerative life cycle with no way to take care of the used plastic. A small percent of the plastic can be reused or repurposed, but at least 90 percent is continuing to accumulate in streams, rivers, and other water sources, ending up in thePlastic waste is mistaken for food by animals and birds, causing them to starve to death. There is simply no safe way to dispose of the amount of plastic being created.
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