Most conventional plastics used in packaging and consumer goods pose a severe, long-term threat to ecosystems because they are highly resistant to natural decomposition by bacteria, fungi, or other living organisms. What technical term describes the inability of a substance to naturally break down and return to the ecosystem?
💡 Explanation:
Non-biodegradability is the property describing a substance's resistance to breakdown by biological agents (like microbes). This characteristic ensures that materials like most plastics persist in the environment, where they fragment into microplastics over hundreds of years.
