IVIV plastics

[Doug Millison]

My understanding is that plastics don't break down, ever, they will  
remain in Earth's geological record forever.  In the ocean, plastic  
refuse is worn into ever-smaller granules, but they don't go away, so  
says  The World Without Us by Alan Weinstein.

On Sep 28, 2009, at 9:35 PM, pynchon-l-digest wrote:

> But plastics are kinda outside the 'natural' processes of entropy, not
> breaking down unless you want to take a really, really long view of
> things.