Plastic Trash Forming Into "Plastiglomerate" Rocks

sciencehabit (1205606) writes 'Plastic may be with us a lot longer than we thought. In addition to clogging up landfills and becoming trapped in Arctic ice, some of it is turning into stone. Scientists say a new type of rock cobbled together from plastic, volcanic rock, beach sand, seashells, and corals has begun forming on the shores of Hawaii. The new material--which the researchers are calling a "plastiglomerate"--may be becoming so pervasive that it actually becomes part of the geologic record.'

Don't Miss the Rush...

[Stormy Dragon]

Now is the time to start buying mining rights for all that valuable plastic ore.

Our age will be known as...

[guygo]

The Plasticene.

Re:And neither does anyone else...

[Curunir_wolf]

Please, RTFA!

You must be new here.

Re:Humans

[Anonymous Coward]

Wow, you are so wise. I wish the whole world could be as smart as you. That whole spaceship Earth thing, blew my mind! The way you've removed yourself, sort of transcended above the discussion like a celestial being looking whimsically down on an inferior race. I'm sure your coworkers appreciate your many (unsolicited) opinions on many topics.

Re:UV

[Stuarticus]

I don't get it, metal rusts I've seen it on my car all the time, how can there be metal in rocks? You can't explain that.