OCEAN ~ PLASTIC POLLUTION ~ A POINT OF NO RETURN ?
WHY aren\'t all PLASTICS biodegradable ?
WELL ! The simple answer is because they
Are not Natural Products ~ but Synthetic !
Polymers like CELLULOSE ~ which we use
As Paper - Cardboard - Wood is a Natural Product
So there are environmental MICROBES
Which can decompose them ! WOOL is also
A Natural Product ~ NYLON 66 is
A Synthetic WOOL substitute ~ but not
Biodegradable ! POLYTHENE is a .......
Hydrocarbon ~ long chains of - CH2 -
Units and is not biodegradable !
POLYSTYRENE ~ POLYPROPYLENE ~ PERSPEX
PVC ~ All have structures similar
To POLYTHENE ~ therefore they are also
Non-biodegradable ! In Oceans .......
Plastics do NOT decompose ~ they become
MICRO-PLASTICS which kill FISH and enter
The Food Chain ! So we should replace PLASTICS
Where possible ~ with PAPER & CARDBOARD !
Thanks for visiting ~ comments welcome ~ Love Brian 🧡🧡🧡
This POEM is presented as a Blank Verse Dodecet ~ 20 lines
mainly in Iambic Pentameter ~ 10 syllables per line ~ OK
Some of you may be able to remember the days before most
PLASTICS (1900 to 1945) I was born in 1983 ~ Plastic Age !