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[+] sanity_is_maddening@piefed.social 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago Fair warning it will also continue yellowing and getting more and more brittle if you do nothing. Plastic doesn't biodegrade, but it does undergo aging in a way that makes it less durable than traditional materials. Wood can be kept from biodegrading, metal can be kept from corroding, but aging plastic just gets more and more brittle and just really wants to become microplastics permalink fedilink source parent
[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago Fair warning it will also continue yellowing and getting more and more brittle if you do nothing. Plastic doesn't biodegrade, but it does undergo aging in a way that makes it less durable than traditional materials. Wood can be kept from biodegrading, metal can be kept from corroding, but aging plastic just gets more and more brittle and just really wants to become microplastics permalink fedilink source parent
