There’s plenty of variety within that term. Also, recycling some of them requires very precise conditions.
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spankmonkey@lemmy.world 3 weeks agobiodegradable plastic
Pretty sure that is bullshit just like how ‘easy’ plastic is to recycle.
TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
It’s worth looking into, the research seems promising
spankmonkey@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
It exists to perpetuate the the continued production of plastic as a whole, just like ‘clean coal’ and vaping and recycling lies exist to make people fine with consuming all of the similar stuff that isn’t even pretending to not kill us.
Ephera@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
I think, it’s possible to find alternative materials which behave similar to plastic in certain use-cases.
But yeah, I can’t see a one-for-one replacement happening. It’s part of the appeal of plastic, that it does not degrade.