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How does it perform in the real world, where water is contaminated with far more than microplastic - is this filter selective for plastic or will it get gummed
by hammock 3y ago
How does it perform in the real world, where water is contaminated with far more than microplastic - is this filter selective for plastic or will it get gummed up by literally anything?
Is the solution scalable? What does it cost?
- EGreg 3y agoHmm, well done sir That bubble never had a chance! There have been similar issues with this promising approach: https://www.freethink.com/environment/plastic-eating-bacteria https://www.freethink.com/environment/plastic-eating-bacteri... Personally I often wonder why things like the seaweed for cows that reduces methane emissions by 99% is not everywhere by now, and we are resorting to masks to trap gases from their breathing and farts.
- ComputerGuru 3y agoI don't know how much you know about water filtration plants, but in the real world everything is a series of filters, each more fine-grained than the one before it. You would never use this on unfiltered ocean or waste water - it would be yet-another-stage in the filtration pipeline, after many of the others and possibly before a few more.