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Supramolecular plastic dissolves in seawater, leaves behind nutrients plants can absorb (interestingengineering.com)
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[โ€“] Hirom@beehaw.org 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

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

[โ€“] arakhis_@feddit.org 1 points 4 months 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