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But if it's possible to degrade it i solar-powered furnaces without any hazardous/toxic byproducts, it's already worth it. Or if microorganisms could decompose
by pajko 2y ago
But if it's possible to degrade it i solar-powered furnaces without any hazardous/toxic byproducts, it's already worth it. Or if microorganisms could decompose the buried stuff. Also composting is an exothermic reaction, generating heat up to 60C, which is above normal temperature anyway. The question is how waterproof it is, can it get wet or store liquids.
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- Qwertious 2y ago>But if it's possible to degrade it i solar-powered furnaces without any hazardous/toxic byproducts, it's already worth it. Bottles don't carry themselves to solar-powered furnaces. If we assume that they did (and plastic oceans in the pacific demonstrate otherwise), then we could target the much-easier problem of making plastics that are stable when dumped in a landfill.
- Perz1val 2y agoSo if I leave a bottle of water in summer inside a car, then will I be drinking plastic juice?
- kombookcha 2y agoYou already kinda do if you're drinking bottles of water left in the car for a long time, time+sun/heat/motion is how microplastics are made.
- spacebanana7 2y agoI suppose the perfect bottle plastic would biodegrade under natural conditions after 5 years or so, but also biodegrade rapidly under enhanced conditions (e.g high temp, fungi). That way the lifespan of the contents wouldn't be limited by the bottle - minimising food waste - but we'd retain the ability to get rid of the bottle safely without huge landfills.