If it’s barely plastic, then what is it?

There are lots of biodegradable plastic alternatives now. I wish there were more government incentives to use them. Outlawing or taxing the hell out of single-use non biodegradable plastics in non-medical uses would help.

This is actually a bigger deal than the headline suggests if the claims are to be believed. Hopefully the licensing isn’t too expensive for it to be widely adopted if manufacturing at scale is easy.

They don’t say how it degrades in water, but if it can degrade in ~2months outdoors then that’s actually pretty good.

Most biodegradable eco-plastic is a scam because it’s either only partially degradable, or only degradable in industrial facilities. If I can throw this packaging in my own compost bin then that would be a huge way to get rid of single-use plastic.

it may be helpful in some cases, but often plastic is so successful because it’s not biodegradable. if insects, bacteria and fungi have a hard time eating through it, it’s a container that can protect the contents from them. it’s difficult to replace withpout losing that ability, especially when it is preferred to be transparent (as in see-through) as well

We already have “biodegradable” plastic made from corn starch. It’s not truly biodegradable, I reserve the right to wait for more information about whether barley starch is any better.

This is the dumbest shit out, we already have fuck loads of biodegradable plastic. Now we have highly allergenic gluten plastic that a sizeable portion of the population is highly allergic to

Another great discovery that will curiously disappear within a year