My Personal War on Plastics Hasn’t Been Very Effective But It’s a Start

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I remember an assembly held in our high school in the 1960s when we were told about this new kind of material -- plastic -- being invented and all the wonderful changes that this revolutionary man-made material would bring to our lives. Several of my uncles with doctorates in the sciences were busy helping to develop these materials. I don’t want to neglect to…