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bladecatcher
on June 26, 2018
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Mumbai bans plastic bags, bottles, and single-use ...
http://www.algopack.com/indexgb.php
makes bottles out of seaweed (brown algae) and there're other companies trying to make reuseable bioplastic bottles out of sugarcane
bpicolo
on June 26, 2018
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> reuseable bioplastic bottles
That's not any better if they still don't degrade, no?
hammock
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Bioplastic (PLA) is biodegradable in a commercial facility, unlike petroleum-based bottle plastic (PET)
saagarjha
on June 26, 2018
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The key point being that someone has to get the bottle back to the facility instead of throwing it in the trash, or worse, littering.
bladecatcher
on June 26, 2018
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That's true, but bioplastics degrade on timelines that are magnitudes smaller than actual plastic.
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