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Scientists in Japan found an enzyme that quickly eats plastic waste - it takes 400 years for a plastic bottle to decompose

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Dr Arvind Virmani (Phd)3 years ago

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Cheryle Baker3 years ago

Lol misinformation, I worked in plastics manufacturing 40 years ago, we had an biodegradable enzyme we had to mix into plastic, so it deteriorated with earth's dirt contact, so product didn't disintegrate on store shelf, it appears they're reusing it again in this claim, today

#InvesTrader Great & Grow Mindset3 years ago

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MOHAMMED3 years ago

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Maneesha Goel3 years ago

We can carry our own water bottles, wherever possible.

Keith Ritman3 years ago

It takes 8 Years for a Hemp plastic bottle to decompose. We won use hemp plastic though because they can claim climate bullshit if its all biodrgradeable

Sudeep Roy সুদীপ3 years ago

What's the decomposition product?

Walt Lindsay3 years ago

Wouldn't it make more sense to just stop producing plastic products?

hadinuf222🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇪🇪🇸3 years ago

What then happens to the decomposed plastic? Does it evolve to mix safely in the earth? Or just be plastic, but in microscopic form.

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