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Supramolecular plastic dissolves in seawater, leaves behind nutrients plants can absorb (interestingengineering.com)
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

This is a good reason to ban hard to recycle, non-dissolvable plastics.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Agreed!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Arent there alternatives to plastic out there and the issue is just price and reduced but workable qualities? Like based on conrstarch or other plant materials