We lived without plastics for a million years (number varies depending on how long you think the human species has existed). We can do without them tomorrow, if we need to. Stuff used to be made from woods, composits, and metals. There is no shortage of any of these things. Who thinks a nice tooled aluminum case for their laptop is worse than a molded plastic case? Nobody. There is status in real materials such as wood and metal. Plus, plastics are poisoning us, and may well result in the extinction of our race, or at least, of the white race.
Plastics come from ancient plants. Combustion is as good as any bacteria in breaking it down so it can become plants again. Just burn it.
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