floofloof@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoScientists in Japan develop plastic that dissolves in seawater within hourswww.reuters.comexternal-linkmessage-square72fedilinkarrow-up1416arrow-down14
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minus-squarepropitiouspanda@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·edit-223 hours agoSo like, just with PFAS, the properties that make plastic so appealing are also what make it detrimental to the environment. The only way to get rid of plastic is to stop valuing its use. We have to look at life differently, which in many ways is the same.
So like, just with PFAS, the properties that make plastic so appealing are also what make it detrimental to the environment.
The only way to get rid of plastic is to stop valuing its use. We have to look at life differently, which in many ways is the same.