The stigma attached to hemp, due to its relation to cannabis, has prevented us from enjoying its full benefits. The benefits of hemp are too important to ignore any longer. We should shift to using hemp in the production of plastic. Hemp is a renewable source - unlike crude oil - it’s biodegradable, doesn’t require upgraded machinery to manufacture and absorbs 4 times more CO2 from the air than the average tree during its growth period.
Hemp, the industrial variety of cannabis, is looked down upon by many due to its relation to the cannabis plant. Many believe that if we were to use hemp, cannabis would soon follow in its footsteps. Cannabis is not a terrible drug as it is portrayed as by governments and police, in fact, it has caused no deaths to date due to its use. Cannabis is often thought to be hemp and vice versa, but they similarities stop there. Hemp has little to no THC unlike cannabis, nor does it grow buds like cannabis. Hemp can be grown anywhere - including irradiated places -, in any condition, whereas cannabis has to be in a monitored environment with specific growth conditions. Hemp is mainly grown outside as it’s height can span up to 15-20 feet.
Hemp, when in its plastic form, remains biodegradable. When plastic is dumped into landfills, water runs past the slowly decomposing plastics and
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Your question may be why we aren’t using this already. The answer lies in our governments. Big oil companies do not want to lose all of their profits, so they fight to keep oil used. The governments also want their profit from the oil companies using their land, so both come out with a fair amount of money. If hemp was used, oil companies wouldn’t have as much of a demand for oil. Their income would be considerably less. If they go out of pocket, the government who owns the land also loses their share of money. They would rather destroy land for money, than keep it for