With a new innovation by University of Sussex student, Lucy Hughes, our plastic litter problem could be a thing of the past!
From Phys.org:
“A University of Sussex student has taken inspiration from the seas to find a solution to the man-made plastic pollution contaminating the world’s oceans.
Product design student Lucy Hughes has invented a bioplastic created from fish skin and scales and red algae which could have a huge impact on limiting the amount of non-biodegradable plastic waste created in the world.
The fully biodegradable and compostable material, called Marinatex, has been designed as an environmentally-responsible replacement for the plastic film currently used in a whole host of packaging including sandwich boxes.
It can biodegrade in a soil environment in less than a month and can be disposed of through ordinary food waste collections.”
To hear more about the new technique that could make plastic pollution in our water a thing of the past, read the rest of the article, here.
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