Just as a piece of pine does not need to look like walnut to be beautiful, plastic does not need to look like ceramics or wood. However, since plastic does not assert a certain color or a certain texture in the way that other materials do, some consumers and designers feel free to give it fake color and texture from nature. On the other hand, there are products made from plastic that are honest in the sense that they could not be made from any product. An iMac computer housing makes no attempt to look like another material, but many people find it very attractive. With the help of capable designers, plastic as plastic can be aesthetically pleasing.
Every person ultimately wants to leave the world a better place for having lived.
We know that nature sustains itself beautifully. Upstream refers to all the inputs required to create the product in the first place. Downstream refers to the effects of the disposal effects of what design. Nothing lasts forever. When the components of some products decompose, hazardous byproducts result.