Developed by researchers from China's Northeast Forestry University, the bamboo plastic can biodegrade in soil within 50 days and offers a pathway towards sustainable plastic alternatives.
Why not one time uses, such as for tablewear for food on airplanes? Intuitively it seems like we waste a lot in the “one time use” category where it’s also expensive and inconvenient to wash and reuse
Why not one time uses, such as for tablewear for food on airplanes? Intuitively it seems like we waste a lot in the “one time use” category where it’s also expensive and inconvenient to wash and reuse
Lots of single-use plastics are years old by the time they make it to the end user.
The logistics of a plastic that degrades that quickly are difficult.
Mercedes made cars with degradable plastic in the wiring harnesses in the early 2000s. Every single car was scrapped within 8 years.