Every single piece of synthetic plastic that has ever been manufactured since 1950 is still in existence today, as each one takes thousands of years to break down. A recent study has indicated that plastic litter can become fused with rocks and other materials to form a new material: plastiglomerate. This material could very well become a permanent part of the geological record, forever marking humanity’s impact on the world. The results of the report were published in the journal of the Geological Society of America, GSA Today.
Read more at http://www.iflscience.com/environment/rocks-formed-plastic-found-beach#T7
What humans do to the Earth !&%$@**
A while ago I put up a photo of a glass beach, all the glass that were dumped and eventually formed pebbles over the years.
Another interesting phenomenon – and this would be our legacy in the fossil record!
Just Fletcher 
Jun 09, 2014 @ 06:23:37
not quite what we should be remembered for!
Jun 09, 2014 @ 10:37:32
No but then humans are the messy destructive species unfortunately!
Jun 09, 2014 @ 10:52:15
We are living in a plastic world, have more meaning now.
Jun 09, 2014 @ 10:59:26
Absoluut, niks het meet waarde nie
Jun 09, 2014 @ 11:00:25
Terloops het jy jou blog verwyder want ek kry jou nie!!!!!!!!
Jun 09, 2014 @ 12:01:42
This is quite shocking! Your post prompted me to look up the origin of plastic. It was rather fascinating to read how it started out, and how long ago.
Jun 09, 2014 @ 15:36:55
Yes it is quite interesting to know more about plastic which we take for granted as if we get it from a tree
🙂
You are smart!
Jun 09, 2014 @ 15:51:27
🙂 I’m working on it.
Jun 09, 2014 @ 13:33:58
Angswekkend… en ek vat nie eers meer sakke saam dorp toe nie. Hulle pak die goed nie vol nie en so word dit net meer en meer.
Jun 09, 2014 @ 15:35:16
Daar is altyd n spul sakke in my bak plus een opvousak wat jy by Clicks kan koop vir my handsak.
Jun 09, 2014 @ 16:27:48
Ek het dit ook eers gedoen maar dan vergeet ek hulle in die kar,
Jun 09, 2014 @ 18:24:00
Vandag twee rekenaarkabels gekoop,so verpak in plastiek en kartonverpakkings,dat mens dit met ‘n mes moet oopsny.Dis skandalig hoeveel verpakking jy het,teenoor die ding wat jy gekoop het…mors,mors,mors!
Jun 09, 2014 @ 19:10:23
Prepacked! En dis alles a g v diefstal boonop. Die aarde betaal die prys.
Jun 10, 2014 @ 09:29:07
Sjoe. Mens weet eintlik nie wat jy daaraan kan doen nie!
Jun 10, 2014 @ 09:35:39
Eintlik is daar baie, moenie gebottelde water koop nie. Neem jou inkopiesakke saam, hersirkuleer sakke, bottles, ens.
Jun 10, 2014 @ 09:39:06
Dit doen ons reeds, maar soos iemand hierbo gesê, soms is die verpakking so baie.
Dankie dis ‘n baie interessante skrywe.
Jun 10, 2014 @ 09:56:20
Dankie. Die aarde sal dit oorleef maar nie die mensdom nie.
Jun 10, 2014 @ 17:14:58
We can`t make any more oil or coal so we have to leave something behind. 🙂 I used to find a lot of glass pebbles on the beach at Voelklip just outside Hermanus.
Jun 11, 2014 @ 05:19:12
Yes! Interesting that there should be glass pebbles at Hermanus, foot print of where human throw out – sad!
Jun 12, 2014 @ 06:10:18
I know it’s hard to ‘remain calm’ about the things that we humans do to the world (and each other). Still, we have a choice, thank heavens, to be part of the problem, or the solution. I know where I stand…! 😉
Jun 12, 2014 @ 07:08:22
Yes! The earth will survive, it has done so before, but the human race unfortunately not! Nice of you to drop by!
Jun 12, 2014 @ 06:56:53
Jy bring altyd sulke lekker interessante artikels onder mens se aandag.
Jun 12, 2014 @ 07:06:45
Ag baie dankie! My blog is maar meestal om dings wat my interesseer met ander te kan deel, but not everybody’s cup of tea.