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It's pretty easy to defeat this. No bacteria would likely be able to indiscriminately consume all different types of plastic, regardless of the substantial diff
by mediaman 11y ago
It's pretty easy to defeat this. No bacteria would likely be able to indiscriminately consume all different types of plastic, regardless of the substantial differences in molecular composition. It is very common in the plastics industry to make multi-layered plastics (for things like oxygen barriers to protect meat, for example), so it would be a simple task of producing film with a thin layer of nonconsumable plastic protecting the consumable material.
- jakob223 11y agoBut then we're back where we started, with materials that can't be easily decomposed and stay in landfills forever.
- yincrash 11y agoTo degrade the plastic, all you need is mechanical action (shred) to increase the surface area of the edible plastic. 98% biodegradability is better than 0.