floofloof@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days agoScientists in Japan develop plastic that dissolves in seawater within hourswww.reuters.comexternal-linkmessage-square86fedilinkarrow-up1464arrow-down14
arrow-up1460arrow-down1external-linkScientists in Japan develop plastic that dissolves in seawater within hourswww.reuters.comfloofloof@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days agomessage-square86fedilink
minus-squareatlien51@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29arrow-down1·8 days agoAnd are we gonna start using this on a mainstream scale?
minus-squareatlien51@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·8 days agoOk, back to non~biodegradable plastics and fuck this innovation
minus-squareTheRealKuni@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·8 days 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-up5·8 days agoI’d love that actually. While I’m flying preferably
minus-squaresupercriticalcheese@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·8 days agothey might not be even biodegradable, not unless they separated which is impossible to do
And are we gonna start using this on a mainstream scale?
chorus NO !
Ok, back to non~biodegradable plastics and fuck this innovation
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