I wish biodegradable polymers would take over non-biodegradable plastics in many applications. There are many interesting research avenues, I wish more money wa

I wish biodegradable polymers would take over non-biodegradable plastics in many applications. There are many interesting research avenues, I wish more money was thrown at it to accelerate the future. Here is a good summary of SOTA - https://www.chemistryworld.com/features/searching-for-biodegradable-polymers/3010102.article https://www.chemistryworld.com/features/searching-for-biodeg... From the article (quote by the inventor of a biodegradable foam) - ’I see now that the main hurdle we face is financial in the sense that if you want to go large you need to have financial guarantees because you are not yet selling the product,’ he says. ‘That is still very hard to find – there are very few actual risk investments in the field of chemistry… it’s very traditional.’ I think there are VC scale returns to be made if the stuff took over conventional plastics but it seems largely overlooked by venture capital. I think regulation could help here too.