Concrete is basically an artificial rock. It comes in big chunks, which gradually break down into something like sand. Plastic, on the other hand, comes in all sorts of shapes and sizes including things that animals might mistake for food. It also can break down into tiny microscopic particles that animals can breath or drink. So plastic is a lot more likely to end up inside of animals than concrete is. Plastic can also leech out toxic chemicals as it slowly degrades.
Concrete is basically an artificial rock. It comes in big chunks, which gradually break down into something like sand. Plastic, on the other hand, comes in all sorts of shapes and sizes including things that animals might mistake for food. It also can break down into tiny microscopic particles that animals can breath or drink. So plastic is a lot more likely to end up inside of animals than concrete is. Plastic can also leech out toxic chemicals as it slowly degrades.
Concrete is basically an artificial rock. It comes in big chunks, which gradually break down into something like sand. Plastic, on the other hand, comes in all sorts of shapes and sizes including things that animals might mistake for food. It also can break down into tiny microscopic particles that animals can breath or drink. So plastic is a lot more likely to end up inside of animals than concrete is. Plastic can also leech out toxic chemicals as it slowly degrades.
Concrete is not that much better. Excavating sand from river bed or sea floor causes erosion, water pollution and devastates organisms that are dependent on it.
Depends on the sources of other ingredients, crystalline silica and naturally radioactive materials could contaminate the concrete and that’s a major air quality concern.
And that’s not counting the giant amount of CO2 footprint the concrete industry has. For one curing of concrete release CO2, production and transportation of concrete also consume lots of fuel.
Less much of a problem for already developed country, but for developing countries that are going through a construction boom these effects could be detrimental.
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