Detachable as sticky notes: New plastic decays into salt water into nitrogen and phosphorus

Microplastics. The decay product of plastics is now everywhere: in the water, in the soil, in the air, in us – but above all in the sea. Scientists make alternatives, also from biological material such as starch. However, such products usually do not keep well and can decompose when the respective packaging is still in use. In Japan, researchers have now invented a new plastic that decays into nitrogen and phosphorus in salt water, and not into …