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Havoc 8 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Research shows plant-based polymers can disappear ...

I suspect the sweet spot actually lies a bit higher than 7 months. You don't want stuff disintegrating while in use.

...call it 5 or 10 years. But anything that gets us away from the functionally "forever" of current plastics would be a win

jtsiskin 8 months ago [–]

7 months in industrial compost, not 7 months in use! Hopefully under 'normal conditions' it does already last 5 or 10 years...

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