If it will help us clean up our mess, then great.
But it’s not going to make it okay to continue churning out disposable plastics. We need the tech and we need to stop.
That doesn’t make sense. If we could reuse the same plastics over and over, they would be the ultimate in sustainable materials.
I think it would still break down and be in everything…
Fair, but that ship has sailed.
Yeah they talk about this kind of stuff in this story and how it isn’t going to save us. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rR2sYlDqdnw&t=762s
well that was depressing
Finally
“Researchers,” meaning there’s no reason to believe this is actually practical and there is no mention of the energy costs. The latter is especially important because as bad as microplastics are, climate change is just as bad, if not worse.
Everything started as a proof of concept with no practical value at first. Like the transistor.
I think for me, if we have a way to keep a substantial portion from entering the environment, that’s something.
That’s !nottheonion@lemmy.world material.
they had me in the first half
