>Not only does this have negative health consequences for us and fish, but it also makes it much more difficult to ever recycle and re-use these plastics
Are there any actual concerns with pure PLA?
Are there any actual concerns with pure PLA?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polylactic_acid#Degradation
No mention of its actual life cycle as it turns into a microplastic ie so it should be presumed dangerous in the same ways.
You really cant generalize “all industrial plastics” as “plastic” is way too broad a concept. Good engineering plastics like PEI/PEEK dont even need to use any additives like plasticizers, stabilizers, cross linkers etc.