As this ScienCentral News video explains, a Cornell chemist has started a company that’s now making plastics containing up to 50 percent CO2 - and it’s biodegradable.
Normal plastic will take decades or even centuries to degrade, so this could be excellent news in a world that relies so much on plastic. It’s only part of the solution, as the inventor himself acknowledges, but it’s an excellent invention.
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