Your say: Heather Heggie, Naracoorte The Guardian sites tell us many cold and unpleasant truths about plastics globally. The Guardian tells us plastic has increased from 2million tons in 1950 to 368 billion tons in 2019 (not including synthetic fibres), and is expected to reach 600 billion tons in 2025. Packaging, construction and automotive industries use the most plastics. “Over 800 additives to plastic products include phalates, bisphenolA, bromine flame retardants, UV screens and anti microbiol agents, all of which have a negative effect on the biosphere and organic life.” Volatile organic compounds are most evidenced dramatically when toxic houses “explode” in bushfires. (Google the CFS reports recently released after analysing Australia’s catastrophic bushfires.) Many additives are not identified. Recycling plastic increases the toxicity many times and the volatile chemical compounds created by burning, decaying with other substances etc., also increase many times. It is not safe to let plastics […]