Thus we have an incredibly enduring material that is often used just once before being thrown away. (treehugger.com)
Plastic is one of the most enduring materials we make; it takes an estimated 500 to 1,000 years for it to degrade, but 50 percent of the plastic we produce is used once and then thrown away. (treehugger.com)
[258] They are not «entity» by reason of a passively enduring material substrate, but by reason of a processively self - evolving patterning principle, the «form.» (religion-online.org)