floofloof@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoScientists in Japan develop plastic that dissolves in seawater within hourswww.reuters.comexternal-linkmessage-square87fedilinkarrow-up1470arrow-down14
arrow-up1466arrow-down1external-linkScientists in Japan develop plastic that dissolves in seawater within hourswww.reuters.comfloofloof@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square87fedilink
minus-squareatlien51@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30arrow-down1·1 day agoAnd are we gonna start using this on a mainstream scale?
minus-squareTheRealKuni@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·22 hours agoWe use plenty of biodegradable plastics. They’re not always the correct solution. You wouldn’t want an airplane biodegrading, for example.
minus-squareatlien51@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·22 hours agoI’d love that actually. While I’m flying preferably
minus-squaresupercriticalcheese@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·20 hours agothey might not be even biodegradable, not unless they separated which is impossible to do
minus-squareatlien51@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·1 day agoOk, back to non~biodegradable plastics and fuck this innovation
And are we gonna start using this on a mainstream scale?
We use plenty of biodegradable plastics. They’re not always the correct solution. You wouldn’t want an airplane biodegrading, for example.
I’d love that actually. While I’m flying preferably
they might not be even biodegradable, not unless they separated which is impossible to do
chorus NO !
Ok, back to non~biodegradable plastics and fuck this innovation