Perhaps how long it lasts before breaking down after it’s lifespan as well… I.e. if all of humanity disappeared how long to return to a non-human impacted state?

Plastics and other such pollutants will last for millions of years… So regardless of useful lifespan, pollutant lifespan is far larger.

If everything we ever used was either wood or paper based, then even if useful lifespan were decades, pollutant lifespan before breaking down would be less than a century. How many times should you use something when the harmful particles it’s made of will persist in the ecosystem for 10 million years?

Idk which is better, or how to measure the difference though.

Putting pineapple on it

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