• Gladaed@feddit.org
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    10 months ago

    There are biodegradable materials that don’t biodegrade in the ocean. You are right that there are probably good materials though.

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      10 months ago

      What do you mean by the ocean?

      I would assume you would want straws to biodegrade in the ocean, why not?

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        10 months ago

        Yes. And many plastics that are biodegradable do not. Because biodegradable means degradable in a hot compost. Not the ground.

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          10 months ago

          The terminology is fucked (bcs megacorps), a lot of eg “biodegradable” cups aren’t compostable bcs they contain some plastic particles (which aren’t in fact biodegradable).