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Plastic Trash Forming Into "Plastiglomerate" Rocks

Posted by samzenpus on from the earth-plus-plastic dept.

sciencehabit (1205606) writes 'Plastic may be with us a lot longer than we thought. In addition to clogging up landfills and becoming trapped in Arctic ice, some of it is turning into stone. Scientists say a new type of rock cobbled together from plastic, volcanic rock, beach sand, seashells, and corals has begun forming on the shores of Hawaii. The new material--which the researchers are calling a "plastiglomerate"--may be becoming so pervasive that it actually becomes part of the geologic record.'

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  1. Re:UV by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Just because it becomes smaller particles doesn't mean it goes away and it doesn't mean it becomes less harmful you useless, clueless shitsack.

    In fact, you worthless shitstain, what it does do is make it easier for it to invade systems and environments where it shouldn't be - like the insides of animals.

  2. Re:George Carlin called it by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    The planet isn't going away... we are!

    Let's hope so, and the sooner the better.

  3. Humans by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Well done humans. Polluting everything. Great work.

    You think you're going anywhere on a spaceship? You're already on one (Earth) that took zero effort to maintain, and you couldn't even manage that. You're going to be able to manage all the complex life support systems on a spaceship? Haha. Fools.