how is anything inorganic , if everything we have is from the earth itself and is therefore natural?
part 2 of the same question is why are somethings then non biodegradable?
In: Chemistry
On the contrary, plastic is described as a product of organic chemistry because it is made of chains of hydrogen and carbon atoms. “Organic glass” (acrylic) as opposed to regular silicate glass. Plastics are not decomposed by living organisms because these materials have only existed for a hundred years, and organisms haven’t adapted through their evolution to process them.
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