floofloof@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoScientists in Japan develop plastic that dissolves in seawater within hourswww.reuters.comexternal-linkmessage-square85fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkScientists in Japan develop plastic that dissolves in seawater within hourswww.reuters.comfloofloof@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square85fedilink
minus-squareatlien51@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 days agoAnd are we gonna start using this on a mainstream scale?
minus-squareTheRealKuni@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 day agoWe use plenty of biodegradable plastics. They’re not always the correct solution. You wouldn’t want an airplane biodegrading, for example.
minus-squaresupercriticalcheese@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 day agothey might not be even biodegradable, not unless they separated which is impossible to do
minus-squareatlien51@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 day agoI’d love that actually. While I’m flying preferably
minus-squareatlien51@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 days 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.
they might not be even biodegradable, not unless they separated which is impossible to do
I’d love that actually. While I’m flying preferably
chorus NO !
Ok, back to non~biodegradable plastics and fuck this innovation