Comment on Scientists in Japan develop plastic that dissolves in seawater within hours

• lennivelkant@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  What, you don’t think 1cm² of product should be packaged in a 7×10 cm doubled-up plastic sheet?

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• NaibofTabr@infosec.pub ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Food is a reasonable target for biodegradable packaging because you don’t really expect the food to sit around for more than a year (for long-term food packaging you just wouldn’t use a biodegradable material).

  Packaging products that might have a long shelf life is more problematic. If the material breaks down in saltwater then it will start breaking down if someone picks it up with sweaty or recently washed hands.

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  • JayGray91@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Or probably in shipping containers. I assume the salty air on cargo ships would be an issue depending how the bulk of the product is stored while in transit

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