Question

Would this statement be accurate? Organisms and their habitats are in danger of destruction, since plastic is a non-renewable, non-biodegradable material that is easy to manufacture but hard to convert to environment friendly substances.

Answer 1

As plastic is made from crude oil, the end product of million of years, a non renewable resource, it really is non renewable. But it still can be recycled. Most plastics are no biodegradable because there are no organisms (such as bacteria and fungi) that could break that material. It can be easy to be manufactured, even if it's production costs lots of other material extracted from nature, but humanity is still looking for the best ways to convert it into environment friendly substances. Therefore, yes the statement is accurate.