On: Monobloc chair

[momirlan]

probably one of the objects most washed up on the shores of the planet. creates piles of indestructible garbage

[thaumasiotes → momirlan]

> creates piles of indestructible garbage

This is a serious conflict with the other complaint that they spontaneously disintegrate under exposure to sunlight.

[marton78 → thaumasiotes]

... to a zillion tiny pieces of microplastic.

[_qwfv → thaumasiotes]

No it isn't. If it cracks in half it is no longer useful as a chair, but the overall volume of garbage hasn't been reduced.

[erikpukinskis → thaumasiotes]

It depends on whether the plastic is properly engineered.

If you bought it in 2020 it’s probably not.

If you bought it before 1990 it probably is.