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Supramolecular plastic dissolves in seawater, leaves behind nutrients plants can absorb (interestingengineering.com)
submitted 5 days ago by DonaldJMusk@lemmy.today to c/science@mander.xyz
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[–] Hirom 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

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

[–] DonaldJMusk@lemmy.today 1 points 4 days ago

Agreed!

[–] arakhis_@feddit.org 1 points 4 days 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