A proposed plastics treaty could join the rescue of the ozone layer as a landmark success, says specialist environment correspondent Geoffrey Lean
  • Moodrdre@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Don’t they have plant-based cellulose options now (for food packaging and single use, I mean).

    • cyborganism@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Yeah, but there aren’t enough facilities made to treat those and turn them into compost. They take an extraordinarily long time and constant oxygenation to decompose.