US EditionBye-Bye microplastics: Japanese researchers develop plastic that dissolves into the sea
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Bioplastics NewsBye-Bye microplastics: Japanese researchers develop plastic that dissolves into the sea
With less than 10% of global plastic recycled and the rest wreaking havoc on ecosystems, a team of Japanese scientists has created a biodegradable plastic that melts in salt water.
"We expected that microplastics would be less in the Eastern Black Sea than in the Western Black Sea. On the contrary, we realized that microplastic pollution in the Eastern Black Sea was very serious, which surprised us."
Goodbye microplastic, obtained a material that dissolves in the sea - Global Happenings
Perhaps we will soon be able to say goodbye to pollution due to microplastics, which have now accumulated in every place on the planet, even in our own bodies: research coordinated by the Japanese Riken center has obtained a material as resistant as conventional plasticwhich however dissolves completely in sea waterthus preventing the fragments from dispersing into the ocean. The result, published in the journal Science, is also important in lig…
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