How Close Are We to Reinventing Plastic?

Our dependence on plastic is so extreme that we have microplastics not only floating through the ocean, but also in the atmosphere, in our food, and in our bodies. So how close are we to reinventing plastic? » Subscribe to Seeker! » Watch more How Close Are We | » Follow Olivia on Instagram: » Visit our shop at *Correction: Ajay Kathuria is a professor in the Industrial Technology and Packaging department at California Polytechnic State University. Plastic really around us. From our phones to our clothes to the shoes on our feet—plastic is tough to avoid. And for good reason! Plastic is a great invention that is flexible, durable, tunable, and, perhaps most importantly, super cheap. But plastic also has a massive carbon footprint and wreaks havoc on our natural ecosystems. And while some think it is time we ditch the material all together, what if we