What if that’s exactly the point — it’s a material not designed for longevity? I mean I hate disposal plastic as much as anyone who’s seen a turtle with a straw

What if that’s exactly the point — it’s a material not designed for longevity? I mean I hate disposal plastic as much as anyone who’s seen a turtle with a straw stuck up its nose, but paper straws really don’t work more than 3 min. To keep conveniences like my iced caramel frappalattechino we need a fast biodegradable, but like 3 hours degradable not 3 min degradable. No idea if this is that, but “artificial shapes made of sugars like cellulose but not quite cellulose” sounds like you might be able to design something good that isn’t a forever chemical. Remember SunChips? They made a “this multi-layer plastic snack bag can actually biodegrade AND keep our snack grease from leaking out on the shelf” chip bag. But they killed it because every crinkle sounded like a gun so people hated it. We still haven’t figured out those kinds of materials that work well.