Assertion: plastic | /r/CapableOf | breakdown in water
Facets:
value: according to the biodegradable plastics society
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: It can take hundreds of years for plastic to breakdown in water and often the subsequent fragments, macro- and micro-plastics, can enter the environment and eventually be ingested into the bodies of living organisms, including humans.
text: According to the Biodegradable Plastics Society (2005), when such plastics are composted they break down to carbon dioxide and water.