Classic Plastic: John/Mary wants a donut with microplastic sprinkles (and pass the salt Judas)

// If Leonardo Da Vinci had ordered take-out while painting The Last Supper, his {{late 15th-century plastic fork}} would °STILL°°BE°°HERE°°TODAY°!

{Plastics} can take over 500 years to degrade… that is- if they’re lucky enough to <rest in peace in a landfill>. And what if washed to sea? It may disintegrate faster, but in reality, breaks into smaller and smaller {{{microplastics}}}... living an excruciatingly <immortal> life :: leaching toxins /eternally/ :: infiltrating every invisible corner of this Earth, even air on pristine mountaintops >> and your blood > your lungs > wombs and even > newborn babies.

Since the ^^rise of plastic after WWII, {the plastic industry} has produced more than #8 billion tonnes of plastic#. The weight of ~1142857142 African bush elephants. ~1391 Pyramids of Giza. ~18x the human population. Enough to cover the Earth ~16x with Lego blocks. //

We need to get off this ~~rollercoaster ride… plastic production is on a /steep/ /exponential/ /increase/. In only °one decade° (between 2004 and 2015), we made [[as much plastic]] as in the °five previous decades°. Why? Today, half of the plastic we produce today is #single-use#. >> Used once >>>lasting forever<<.

// Is this ~environmental and self-destruction~ a proper $price to pay for {{convenience}}?

CHARITY 15% of royalties from secondary sales are automatically donated by smart contract through The Giving Block to 5 Gyres. 50% of primary sales will also be donated through The Giving Block to 5 Gyres (automatically for sales, and manually for offers and auctions).

CREDITS For the original image of Plastiqu33n, special thanks to Lucho Napp (videographer for the dance film The Trash Can from which the photo still was taken), and to Paula Herrera Superrcalzon for the plastic shoulder piece. For the animation (minus the trash explosion), special thanks to Shura Dokuchaev.