The instrument industry is making "carbon fiber" instruments that are resistant to degradation in landfills.
The instrument industry is making "carbon fiber" instruments that are resistant to degradation in landfills.
Yay, now we can have micro-micro-micro plastics. I am sure nothing could possibly go wrong.
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>Plastics are great, except when it comes to making or disposing of them. Production generally requires the use of chemicals derived from fossil fuels, and so helps to continue our reliance on them. And the final products are generally not biodegradable, so they tend to stick around despite breaking down into ever smaller fragments. Biology might ultimately provide a solution, however. Researchers have identified bacteria that evolved the ability to digest some plastics. And improvements in our ability to design proteins have allowed us to make new enzymes that can chew up plastics.
Yay, now we can have micro-micro-micro plastics. I am sure nothing could possibly go wrong.
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From the post:
>>Plastics are great, except when it comes to making or disposing of them. Production generally requires the use of chemicals derived from fossil fuels, and so helps to continue our reliance on them. And the final products are generally not biodegradable, so they tend to stick around despite breaking down into ever smaller fragments.
Biology might ultimately provide a solution, however. Researchers have identified bacteria that evolved the ability to digest some plastics. And improvements in our ability to design proteins have allowed us to make new enzymes that can chew up plastics.
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