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Isn't there this tension between "useful as a food package / eating utensil" and "harmful as trash"? You want something that is just biodegradeable enough that
by jvanderbot 2y ago
Isn't there this tension between "useful as a food package / eating utensil" and "harmful as trash"? You want something that is just biodegradeable enough that it doesn't become a forever problem, but not biodegradeable enough that it mixes with food or becomes useless as a food container.
The worst offender is compostable bags: They can hold trash for about 1 day before they become the trash.
- orblivion 2y agoMaybe there needs to be a triggering event. Like, becomes compostable when exposed to a certain sort of uncommon radiation that you can bombard a landfill with.
- ugh123 2y agoOr just microwave the whole thing? /s
- panstromek 2y agoI think that's actually how some biodegradable things work, you have to expose them to 150°C or something like that.
- mog_dev 2y agoKeep your organic waste in your fridge and take it out every 3/4 days, the compostable bags will survive 2 weeks before degrading. Freezer also works
- willy_k 2y agoI’m bullish on hemp as a replacement for plastics, it can be used for many of the same purposes (textiles, packaging), as paper, is easy to grow, inert, and stable yet biodegradable. Hemp had a shot at becoming mainstream before Henry Anslinger went on his cannabis crusade, and though it was legalized in 2018, plastics have too much momentum for hemp to become a common solution without major regulatory change.