That was my first thought, a tide pod also rapidly dissolves in sea water, we shouldn’t be dumping those in the ocean though.
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aesthelete@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
What does it dissolve into? 🪿 Wait, what does it dissolve into? 🗣️ 🪿
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
Belgdore@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
But then how will we maintain the ocean breeze scent?
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
The tweenagers hosing on Axe in coastal cities will take care of that I think.
MuteDog@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
It dissolves into salt water.
Except it doesn’t dissolve, this is not the term they should be using, you can’t just dry out the water and get the plastic back. It breaks down into other things. I’m pretty sure an ocean full of dissolved plastic would be a way worse ecological disaster than the current microplastic problem…
I’ve seen like 3-4 articles about this now and they all use the term dissolve and it’s pissing me off.
rob_t_firefly@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
From the article:
So I think the next thing the goose wants to know is, what’s it being coated with?
RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Is it made of snails?
(/s, in case anyone wants to take that seriously)