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Modern plastic rings are bio-degradable thou...

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• Freak_NL 8y ago
  That only helps if the plastic actually get recycled. Biodegradable plastics don't degrade fast enough not to be detrimental to wildlife. > thou... I think you mean 'though'.
  • RobLach 8y ago
    Maybe. I don’t believe anyone has really measured it. They’ve been on the market since the early 90’s and I don’t think anyone uses non-degradable ones anymore. http://www.hicone.com/index.php?id=39 http://www.hicone.com/index.php?id=39 says they can degrade as quickly as a month but they don’t mention the upper bound. (I did mean though.)
    • rtkwe 8y ago
      The problem is those require UV light to break down which means a) they won't break down in land fills and b) won't break down super well in water because it blocks UV light pretty well. Also it's just breaking down into smaller bits of plastic so it's not solving another issue with is the increasing amount of plastic in the ocean, those small pieces can still cause trouble for wildlife as they eat it.