I wonder how much recycling contributes and how much plastic just decomposes. I can see glass being more of a closed loop...
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Replying to @o_guest
Not sure. A lot of plastic is hard to recycle and doesn't decompose, but I don't have numbers. Supposedly modern plastic is better.
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Replying to @DRMacIver
All I know is there are tons of things that eat plastic, I just have no idea if they get to it, e.g., http://news.stanford.edu/pr/2015/pr-worms-digest-plastics-092915.html …
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Replying to @o_guest
There are even more things that eat plastic but really shouldn't. :-( It's a major food chain problem when it gets into the ocean.
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Replying to @DRMacIver
I fear we're derailing though into negative stuff again. I am aware, e.g., turtles suffocate, etc., etc.
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Replying to @o_guest @DRMacIver
On a happier note, did you know some turtles can breathe through their butts?
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Replying to @o_guest
I did not know that! Is it a burrowing adaptation, or just one of those "lol, nature" things?
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Replying to @DRMacIver
Ah, context: Turtles in the water! https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/extinction-countdown/butt-breathing-turtle-now-critically-endangered/ …
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Replying to @o_guest
Aw, poor endangered turtles :-( Great finish line for the article though.
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Replying to @DRMacIver
Poor things yeah... Initially I Googled cloaca to check if fish have them... and came accross this!


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloaca#/media/File:Turtle_Cloacal_Respiration.png …2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
Breathing through skin (butt or otherwise) is very cunning! No more suffocating or coughing!
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