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A Future Dystopia of Trash-Mountains? Or Can Technology Save Us?

The Bridge to China

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How Many Diapers Does a Baby Go Through in a Day?

A lot of clothes are made of polyester, which is a kind of plastic. It takes 500 years for that to break down. Even wool or cotton sometimes have a small amount of polyester in them. Face masks will take up to 450 years to decompose. Plastic cups only take one year because it comes from a tree called the rubber tree. And also plastic straws. But I've tried these newer versions of environmentally friendly straws. They're not as smooth but better than paper ones.

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