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minus-squareCaptain Aggravated@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up70·3 months agoLatex is natural rubber and is indeed biodegradable though it is slow to break down. Polyurethane condoms will probably be found in the archeological record.
minus-squarelinearchaos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·3 months agoI mean, true but they’re better than the styrofoam ones… /s
minus-squareCaptain Aggravated@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·3 months ago(I know you’re joking but the builder in me is genuinely curious if you can make a rubber-like substance out of polystyrene)
minus-squarelinearchaos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3 months agoStyrene is in the vynal family, Styrene-Isoprene-Styrene is used to make extremely expensive surgical gloves so I’m going to say yes.
minus-squareanivialinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoPolyurethane also biodegrades, just very slowly. Since condoms are very thin there will be not much left of them after a century
Latex is natural rubber and is indeed biodegradable though it is slow to break down. Polyurethane condoms will probably be found in the archeological record.
I mean, true but they’re better than the styrofoam ones…
/s
(I know you’re joking but the builder in me is genuinely curious if you can make a rubber-like substance out of polystyrene)
Styrene is in the vynal family, Styrene-Isoprene-Styrene is used to make extremely expensive surgical gloves so I’m going to say yes.
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Polyurethane also biodegrades, just very slowly. Since condoms are very thin there will be not much left of them after a century