Can grapevines help slow the plastic waste problem?
www.sdstate.edu
A new study from South Dakota State University reveals how grapevine canes can be converted into plastic-like material that is stronger than traditional plastic and will decompose in the environment in a relatively short amount of time.
    • tidderuuf@lemmy.worldEnglish
      82·
      2 days ago

      But if they use it for straws will still somehow disintegrate after that first sip.

      • lauha@lemmy.worldEnglish
        81·
        2 days ago

        I don’t know if you have ever composted anything, but things do not biograde just by sitting on a shelf. The biograde in a compost pile

        • lunarul@lemmy.worldEnglish
          5·
          2 days ago

          I’ve used compostable bags and they absolutely did start breaking down before I got the chance to throw them into the bin.

          • lauha@lemmy.worldEnglish
            2·
            20 hours ago

            I’ve never had that problem with compostable plastic bags. I use paper bags for compostable stuff nowadays because they are cheaper

          • Albbi@lemmy.caEnglish
            2·
            2 days ago

            It’s like Russian Roulette when using them to pick up dog shit. Although I have to say they seem to have gotten a lot better lately. Either that or my dogs just shit a lot more and I go though them faster.

            • SL3wvmnas@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
              2·
              17 hours ago

              Well the plaatics industry now sells plastic bags that break down into microplastics pretty fast (and are therefore by legal definition “compostable”). Just FYI, had missed that development too… I now use doggy bags made from corn starch, they are better than the ones I used a few years ago, but I do not know if they have environmental problems, too.