And we’ll never hear of it again
Yacht gang: What the fuck is this? It costs 7% more to produce than the stuff we’re already using
Then maybe introduce some incentives to make up for that 7% or else force their hand by introducing steep penalties for any plastics that are used which aren’t up to a higher standard like this… Or a little bit of both.
We unfortunately live in a world where people get elected simply by stating that they’ll undo some progressive’s green policy legacy.
And technology as a whole has done more to destroy than preserve. A dozen die shrinks later, where’s the promised efficiency, home computers hungrier than ever. Generative AI straining water supply. A couple apps have enough footprint and resources to make a compelling case against the traditional employee-employer contract.
At some point people gotta start becoming skeptical of the notion that policy and technology will save the planet and that point was like 20 years ago
Breaks down… into micro micro plastics!
The point of this research was to avoid even that.
It’s pretty awesome that it even breaks down in soil:
In soil, sheets of the new plastic degraded completely over the course of 10 days, supplying the soil with phosphorous and nitrogen similar to a fertilizer.
ITT: people commenting without reading the sidebar
Go, science! There will always be a need for some plastics, and having safer better options is a great thing for our future ♥️
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I’m sure that when dissolved the molecular components won’t affect the water in any way.
Interesting approach, for sure. We’ve had a bit of a problem with making plastics degradable, in that we don’t want them to degrade while they’re still in use. This approach would obviously be unsuitable for packaging salty food, but for many other single-use plastics, this might be a good solution.
