“Aida said the new material is as strong as petroleum-based plastics but breaks down into its original components when exposed to salt. Those components can then be further processed by naturally occurring bacteria, thereby avoiding generating microplastics that can harm aquatic life and enter the food chain. As salt is also present in soil, a piece about five centimetres (two inches) in size disintegrates on land after over 200 hours, he added. The material can be used like regular plastic when coated, and the team are focusing their current research on the best coating methods, Aida said. The plastic is non-toxic, non-flammable, and does not emit carbon dioxide, he added.”
Seems like they’re being pretty coy about what it actually is while simultaneously trying to assure everyone that it’s safe.
What is dissolves? And then what? Same with those enzymes breaking down polyfluorakyl substances. Don’t you end up with more micro plastics? Dissolves sounds nice but it needs to go somewhere.
I think cleaning and recycling ie. plastic bottles is more sustainable for global health than potentionally creating more microplastics
It dissolves in contact with salt, so you’re probably not going to see this wrapping your food I take it
