Scientists scramble to create replacements for plastic

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Scientists are working to create new alternatives to plastic from natural, biodegradable materials like crab shells or trees. - NBCNightlyNews

 

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Unathi_Kwaza NBCNightlyNews How about rethinking this idea of having disposable packaging/bags. Why not have recyclable or biodegradable packaging/bags that one can use over and over and over again until it begins to fall apart before leaving it in a bin. Hemp, for example, is easy to grow and is versatile.

NBCNightlyNews How long before we'll be breeding crabs just for their shells? Sounds like an awful idea.

NBCNightlyNews They’ve had bio-degradable plastics for decades

NBCNightlyNews What about Polylactic acid (PLA), a plastic substitute made from fermented plant starch -

Watchdogsniffer NBCNightlyNews About damn time

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NBCNightlyNews 確かに、プラスチックに変わる代替製品の開発は必要だ。 発想の転換もそれに必要な要素では有る。

NBCNightlyNews while I admire the effort, this is a social problem as plastics are cheaply derived from the abundant portion of oil that can't easily be converted to usable fuel. People need to demand that government and business break the vicious disposable consumer culture.

NBCNightlyNews How about hemp?

NBCNightlyNews That could prove disastrous for people with allergies. They’d not only have to ask “what’s in the food?”, they’d have to ask “what’s the food in?”

NBCNightlyNews Yes

NBCNightlyNews Because killing trees 🌲 0r crabs 🦀 for plastic alternatives sounds like a good option? We must first drastically reduce plastic use....no straws, bags, crap souvenirs, fast food containers. JustinTrudeau Canada could lead this environment policy!

NBCNightlyNews Funny. When I was younger. All the stuff today that comes in a plastic bottle. Used to come in a glass bottle. Some stuff also came in a cardboard container. Even motor oil did at one time. One was 100% recyclable to the other also biodegradable.

NBCNightlyNews Great idea

NBCNightlyNews Good maybe that will keep them busy enough to stay away from the FUNNY SCIENCE of Climate Change. OH Wait most are not scientist when it comes to Climate Change just comedians like NYE.

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