Finding viable alternatives to traditional petroleum-based plastics and microplastics has never been more important. New research from scientists at UC San Diego and Algenesis shows that their plant-based polymers biodegrade — even at the microplastic level — in under seven months.
I really feel like this is all super pointless because we have materials that aren’t plastic that we used before plastics and they’re more expensive, which is why companies don’t use them.
Unless this is going to replace car tires or be cheaper than our current plastics, I do not see this as anything viable