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[–] Armok_the_bunny@lemmy.world 125 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Looks like it's not an issue fortunately.

Aida said the new material is as strong as petroleum-based plastics but breaks down into its original components when exposed to salt. Those components can then be further processed by naturally occurring bacteria, thereby avoiding generating microplastics that can harm aquatic life and enter the food chain.

[–] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 29 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yeah I reacted to the title and then read the article and edited lol

[–] SmackemWittadic@lemmy.world 21 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Given the username, the immediate emotional reaction when expecting damage to ocean life is understandable

[–] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Unironically, I am passionate about marine environmentalism lol

[–] SmackemWittadic@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

Same here buddy! I try to limit plastic use as much as possible, or reuse any plastic items I already have as much as I can to reduce consumption

[–] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

So using this for frozen foods, or takeaway containers isn’t advised. Those are basically all sodium.

[–] hamsterkill@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 1 day ago

The pace at which a takeaway container degrades from the salty food may be more than slow enough for it to not matter for that use case — especially if the container uses a coating.