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Scientists have figured out way to make algae-based plastic that completely decomposes (abcnews.go.com)

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[–] maniii@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Yep. You can get it composted quickly enough, you can get the plastic film out of the composting bin, but the microplastics are already seeped in and contaminated the biomass.