On: New plant-based plastics can be chemically recycle...

[29athrowaway]

"Really cheap" in the short term perhaps. Very expensive in the long term.

What price do you put in the extinction of a species? Millions of years of evolution flushed down the toilet so one person can have their disposable water bottle.

[DFHippie → 29athrowaway]

The problem is externalized cost: the people making the decision to use the plastics aren't the ones holding the bill for its disposal.